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Gillian Keegan announces ‘landmark decision’ to lift faith-based admissions cap on free schools
May 01, 2024
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has announced plans to lift the notorious faith-based admissions cap on new free schools. Following lobbying from the Catholic Church, the Conservative Minister today announced a consultation about abolishing the cap that prevents free schools and academies from selecting more than half of pupils on grounds of religion. Introduced in 2010
Over 1,000 people sign petition to ‘scrap the cap’ on faith-based admissions to new free schools
September 21, 2023
Over 1,000 people have signed the Catholic Union’s open letter to the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, calling on her to lift the cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools. The Catholic Union launched the “scrap the cap” campaign earlier in the summer. Catholic schools in the UK are funded by the government and regulated
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