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Education in the United Kingdom (view source)
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, 15:22, August 11, 2012Background on collective worship
Anomalously in [[atheism|atheistic]] Britain, many UK state schools, particularly Primary (Elementary) schools, are Christian schools and have daily prayers and hymns at the beginning of the day. Over 1 million children in Britain attend schools connected with the [[Church of England]]. Such schools are funded by the government but attached to churches and as such, the children attend a religious service at least once a week during school time for a service where they pray together and receive blessings. Church schools are recognised for their distinctive Christian ethos and the impact this has on standards and all round education. The proportions of Church schools regarded as 'outstanding' (by Ofsted) is much higher than the national norm and yet the Church schools are fully inclusive. <ref>http://www.churchofengland.org/education/church-schools-academies.aspx</ref>
Anomalously in [[atheism|atheistic]] Britain, many UK state schools, particularly Primary (Elementary) schools, are Christian schools and have daily prayers and hymns at the beginning of the day. Over 1 million children in Britain attend schools connected with the [[Church of England]]. Such schools are funded by the government but attached to churches and as such, the children attend a religious service at least once a week during school time for a service where they pray together and receive blessings. Church schools are recognised for their distinctive Christian ethos and the impact this has on standards and all round education. The proportions of Church schools regarded as 'outstanding' (by Ofsted) is much higher than the national norm and yet the Church schools are fully inclusive. <ref>http://www.churchofengland.org/education/church-schools-academies.aspx</ref>
In addition to the existence of faith schools it a legal requirement for all "maintained schools" (i.e. government funded) within England and Wales to have an act of collective worship. This was signed into law as part of the 1988 Education Act and "must reflect the traditions of this country which are, in the main, broadly Christian". <ref>http://www.education.gov.uk/a0064979/collective-worship</ref> Liberal teachers often ignore this law and use time available for collective worship to indoctrinate their pupils into their ideology.
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