02 October 2009

Head of St Paul's, Dr Martin Stephen, attacks 'divisive' faith schools

The head teacher of one of the country’s leading independent school has criticised the country’s faith schools, arguing that they are divisive and fail to teach respect for other faiths. Martin Stephen, the High Master of St Paul’s, in Barnes, West London, itself a school with a Christian foundation, said that faith schools were too often “founded on fear”. [Times Online] Read more