.... Terry Sanderson, president of the NSS, said: "We are alarmed at the prospect of extremist religious groups taking control of these schools and using them to brainwash children. What is to stop a Muslim group taking over a school and turning it into a madrassa at public expense if that is what parents want?
"What is to stop a Scientology front group taking over a school and then introducing its teachings with taxpayers' money? The fact that some parents want to indoctrinate their children in a particular religion does not mean that they should be able to access public money to do it."
A Department for Education spokesman said there was "no question" of this happening. "We will not allow any extremist group to set up an academy and in the highly unlikely event that an existing academy strays from what is acceptable, we have powers to stop their funding and even take over the governing body," he said. [TES] Read more
