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- Wrong Measure, Wrong Verdict: Why Catholic Schools Are Not Failing the PoorDeclan Linnane: Headteacher of Trinity Catholic High School in Woodford Green, Chair of EducareM and Member of the Catholic Union’s Education Committee. A report published by Teach First this summer says faith schools are overrepresented among schools where persistently disadvantaged pupils achieve highly, but most admit fewer of those pupils than their local authority average. The National Secular Society has used the finding to argue that strong results are likely explained by selection rather than teaching. The NSS has long campaigned against faith schools, so its conclusion was no surprise. But that conclusion goes further than the evidence. It deserves… Read More »Wrong Measure, Wrong Verdict: Why Catholic Schools Are Not Failing the Poor
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