Some of you might remember the great talk we had from Jonny Scaramanga on his experience with the ACE schools and their particular brand of Christian education. He’s still on the case and recently sent us the email copied below showing how you can lend your voice to the cause. You can read more about this at his own blog.
Hi guys,
According to the British Humanist Association's spreadsheet, the Lamb's Christian School, an ACE school in Birmingham, has received government funding, between 9 and 16 pupils every term since 2013.
https://humanism.org.uk/2014/03/18/bha-expresses-alarm-creationist-alleged-extremist-nurseries-getting-state-funding/
It's also reported in today's Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10706398/Islamic-schools-condemned-by-David-Cameron-receive-state-funding.html
Please would you write to your MP to complain about this? There's no point complaining to the Local Authority: We tried that in Bristol, and they Local Authority said that the government had expressly told them not to conduct an independent assessment of the schools' suitability, but to rely only on Ofsted reports. I think a complain to Ofsted is therefore also in order, but that's another campaign for another day.
I attach an example letter which you can use and modify to your own ends.
Please contact your mailing lists and ask as many people as possible to write. Steiner schools have also been receiving funding in this way, although not in Birmingham.
All the best,
Jonny
Hi guys,
According to the British Humanist Association's spreadsheet, the Lamb's Christian School, an ACE school in Birmingham, has received government funding, between 9 and 16 pupils every term since 2013.
https://humanism.org.uk/2014/03/18/bha-expresses-alarm-creationist-alleged-extremist-nurseries-getting-state-funding/
It's also reported in today's Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10706398/Islamic-schools-condemned-by-David-Cameron-receive-state-funding.html
Please would you write to your MP to complain about this? There's no point complaining to the Local Authority: We tried that in Bristol, and they Local Authority said that the government had expressly told them not to conduct an independent assessment of the schools' suitability, but to rely only on Ofsted reports. I think a complain to Ofsted is therefore also in order, but that's another campaign for another day.
I attach an example letter which you can use and modify to your own ends.
Please contact your mailing lists and ask as many people as possible to write. Steiner schools have also been receiving funding in this way, although not in Birmingham.
All the best,
Jonny
