Daily assemblies at Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College, where 75 per cent of pupils are Muslim, are not based specifically on the Bible, but may make reference to it alongside other religious texts.
All of the the meat served at the secondary school, which has over 1,000 pupils aged between 11 and 19, is halal.
Christian values: Three quarters of the students at the secondary school in Berkshire are Muslim
Headmaster Paul McAteer said the approach was to be 'sensitive to the fact that we do have many different faiths in the school', but added that Christian values were 'more prevalent here than I have experienced in non-Church of England schools'.
Mr McAteer, who pointed out that the Church of England describes itself as 'a faith for all faiths', told the Sunday Times: 'The values we support are very much Christian values of honesty, integrity, justice.'
According to the school's prospectus its assemblies - which Mr McAteer said contain a 'moral message' - reflect humanitarian and spiritual issues 'that concern everyone'.
Headmaster: Paul McAteer said the school supports the Christian values of honesty, integrity and justice
The headmaster explained that the gender-separated prayer rooms at Slough and Eton, which is a voluntary controlled Church of England school, were not specifically for Muslim pupils, but said that it tended to be Muslim children that use them.
A voluntary controlled school refers to one which is state funded but the running of which a foundation - in this case the Church of England - has some influence over.
He said 20 male students would typically attend a lunchtime Islamic prayer session at the Berkshire school.
One of the school aims outlined on its mission statement is 'to promote tolerance and respect for all cultures represented in the school'.
The college was judged 'outstanding' by Ofsted in May 2011 and it was awarded the same rating after a Church of England inspection the following month.
Collective worship at the school is broadly Christian, and assemblies are based on Christian principles but are 'designed to value and not exclude any other faith', the prospectus states.
According to the Church of England, a substantial number of primary and secondary church schools - both voluntary controlled and voluntary aided - have over 80 per cent intake from the Muslim community.
2 comments:
This is a bloody disgrace.When are the government going to realise that muslims are inserting their chidren into our schools just to impliment change so that there will be no actual christian schools left. Our children should not have to be exposed to bloody halal meat or segregated bloody prayer rooms at all !! If things don't change and I'm pretty sure they'll just get worse then I will have no choice but to home school.
This is a bloody disgrace.When are the government going to realise that muslims are inserting their chidren into our schools just to impliment change so that there will be no actual christian schools left. Our children should not have to be exposed to bloody halal meat or segregated bloody prayer rooms at all !! If things don't change and I'm pretty sure they'll just get worse then I will have no choice but to home school.
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