British Humanist Asociation and church schools

Exactly jingl- which is why it is best if they all go.

Elegran, agreed- But in villages there is usually only one school.

And whatever you do, the better off parents, the more influential, the better educated, etc- will always input into the schools their children attend even more funds, even better facilities, etc, through donations, fundraising, etc.

Where all children go to the local school, the above parents continue to support, donate, fundraise, etc, and not just their own children benefit- but all. ALL- children deserve excellent schools.

But yes, this thread is about the current Government stiffling and preventing information being shared with the population- and THAT is totally wrong, undemocratic and even dangerous.

I dont get your points Elegran.
You are suggesting that faith schools have their funding from LAs descimated?

And is it proved that more funding for sink schools improves their performance educationally?
In which case, all sink schools can get out of being sink schools by mere money.

varian - I am glad that you have grasped the point of the discussion. It is indeed an attack on civil liberties.

All the talk about faith schools are generally about cities. Most villages have C of E schools and they take everyone in the catchment area . There is no choice, rurally you may only have church schools in a 20 mile radius. In 1870 Education Act Board Schools filled in the gaps where there wasn't already a school.

If you agree that trying to silence the British Humanism Association from exposing the truth- do try and make a donation to the campaign.

All children deserve excellent schools.

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I don't think touting for financial support is appropriate!

Touting?

Why ever not make people aware f the campaign and possibility to donate? I am not even a member of the BHA anyhow- but feel strongly about the Government trying to prevent them from exposing unfair and illegal pratctices- and decided to donate. Some here might feel the same.

Didn't notice that Moderators had deleted the link. Many have given links for donation to charities before I believe. Off to re-read the rules.

Just checked and I am even more puzzled, Did my post include any of the following:

That said, we will remove posts we believe to be obscene, racist, contain personal attacks or break the law once they are brought to our attention.

Really?

Rules do include something about not being allowed to change name, very clearly stated, and yet it happens all the time, again and again. Goose and ganders?

And you changed your name, granjura - not by accident, as you have claimed in the past. Can't you just accept that your link was considered inappropriate by GNHQ?

granjura- juragran- didn't fool many did it?

As said, checked rules and etiquette- and providing a link to a Charity for fundraising is not included.

If anyone would like to make a donation, I am sure they will find the link to the BHA themselves.

What do people find so worrying about having all schools as community schools, funded equally per pupil, with a weighting maybe for areas of deprivation? If the status of schools was equal then all this faffing and anxiety about where your child goes to school would be reduced.

At the moment there is about a £3k difference in spend per pupil in LA schools depending on the education authority area, this makes a huge difference to staffing, maintenance and resourcing etc. It is not dependent on faith or non-faith!

City schools that benefitted from a huge injection of "city challenge" money now tend to outperform other similar schools that did not receive the funding. Money does make a difference but it is not the only thing.

e.g advertising in the Times Educational Supplement costs about £4k for a small advert. Many small schools do not have this at their disposal but some schools have full page ads!! The ability to recruit the best can cost!