Humanists UK has called for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer MP to look more closely at the inequalities created by faith schools, after he was reported by Jewish News to have said a future government led by Labour would be ‘even more supportive of faith schools’ than recent Conservative governments.
In response, Humanists UK is writing to the Labour leader and the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson MP, to remind them of the overwhelming evidence of the segregation caused by faith schools, and how their provision has contributed to increased religious and racial segregation in some communities, and compounded difficulties in accessing local schools, particularly for non-religious and poorer families.
The letter quotes former Education Minister David Laws, who said in response to a report from his independent Education Policy Institute about the inequalities in the faith school system:
‘While there are…
