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Alan Johnson scraps plans to force faith schools to admit non-faith pupils
Faith school quota plans scrapped

The government has abandoned its plans to force new faith schools to take a set number of non-faith pupils following lobbying by religious groups. Education secretary Alan Johnson announced last night that he would not be tabling legislation to make 25 per cent of places in new faith schools available to non-believers. The plans were… Read more »