Faith School Menace? - Faith School Menace? - Channel 4

Faith School Menace? - Faith School Menace? - Channel 4

The number of faith schools in Britain is rising. Around 7,000 publicly-funded schools - one in three - now has a religious affiliation.

As the coalition government paves the way for more faith-based education by promoting 'free schools', the renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins says enough is enough.
In this passionately argued film, Dawkins calls on us to reconsider the consequences of faith education, which, he argues, bamboozles parents and indoctrinates and divides children.

The film features robust exchanges with former Secretary of State for Education Charles Clarke, Head of the Church of England Education Service Reverend Janina Ainsworth, and the Chair of the Association of Muslim Schools, Dr Mohammed Mukadam.

It also features insights from child psychologists and key players in faith education as well as insights from both parents and pupils.

Dawkins also draws on his own personal history as a father, arguing that the government must stop funding new faith schools, and urges society to respect a child's right to freedom of belief.

MORE than 150 Bristol residents and their pets walked in protest at the prospect of losing green fields to development in Brislington.

MORE than 150 Bristol residents and their pets walked in protest at the prospect of losing green fields to development in Brislington.

...Bristol City Council's Site Allocations and Development Management Options document earmarks a 18.5-hectare area to the west of Bonville Road for potential development. The three options are to build up to 926 houses, develop industry and warehousing or have no development at all.
Any development could see the loss of allotments off School Road, but Victory Park would not be affected...