Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policy on faith schools of (a) the Populus Poll commissioned by the Accord Coalition, published on 2 November 2016 and (b) the 2011 research paper entitled Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils, written by Steve Gibbons and Olmo Silva.

Parents want good schools for their children and we know the vast majority of faith schools provide a high standard of education. The department wants to increase the number of good school places available, including at faith schools, and that’s why we are consulting on the proposals in “Schools that work for everyone” consultation document. We will consider evidence submitted alongside responses to the consultation.

The consultation document is available at: https://consult.education.gov.uk/school-frameworks/schools-that-work-for-everyone