Schools: Admission Policies

Baroness Brinton Excerpts

Monday 22nd July 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

The noble Baroness is right that it is important to distinguish between faith schools and the selection criteria of those schools.

[Baroness Brinton]

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for confirming earlier that some religious free schools can select up to 50%. How does the department monitor the percentage of admission by faith in schools, particularly in those previously independent religious schools that are now free schools.

[Lord Nash]

We are very keen that, under the free schools programme, all schools have as open an admissions policy as possible, consistent with the general policy on faith. I will need to write to the noble Baroness with full details to answer that question.