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United Kingdom
Religious state schools accused of fuelling social segregation
Covert selection by religious state schools has fuelled social segregation in education, some of the most respected academic authorities on schools admissions have told MPs.
The evidence backs up fears expressed in the wake of the government's own research this week which showed widespread flouting of a new code designed to crackdown on selection and social segregation. The study of three randomly selected areas found that at its worst, schools in Barnet, north London, were found to be charging parents on application, in one case a £50 "admissions fee". The children's secretary, Ed Balls, claimed that in other cases money demanded ran into hundreds of pounds.
Sourced from: The Guardian
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