In these days of equality it seems that faith schools are lagging behind. This criticism comes from the National Secular Society who are arguing that current government legislation discriminates against well qualified capable teachers who are non religious.

They state that teachers who are not religious are refused jobs or promotions over those teachers that a members of a faith.

The School Standards and Framework Act of 1998 means faith schools are able to take into account an applicant’s religion or lack of it to ensure that any teachers employed at the school follow their religious ethos, and this is what the National Secular Society are angry about.

Surely this goes against equality, and in my eyes a good teacher is a good teacher whether they are religious or not. For me the compromise would be to ensure that a religious teacher takes classes on Religious Education in Faith schools, while non religious teachers carry on with all the other lessons.