Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has any plans to revise the inclusivity and community and engagement requirements for new faith schools.

All schools must promote integration, and social cohesion whatever their character and ethos. The Department’s consultation document, ‘Schools that work for everyone’, set out proposals to replace the 50% cap on faith admissions in faith free schools with new safeguards to support inclusivity and integration. These are aimed at building on existing inclusivity requirements and those to promote fundamental British values to help ensure children and young people are prepared for life in modern Britain. The Department plans to respond to the proposals in ‘Schools that work for everyone’ in due course.