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Educational Institutions: Religion

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 23 July 2025UIN 67840

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support faith-selective educational institutions.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

Faith schools, both state-funded and independent, have played a long-standing role in the provision of education in England and remain an important element of our education system. The department engages with the full range of faith school providers and is committed to working in partnership with all types of schools to remove barriers to opportunity and raise standards.

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