The 1993 Education Act makes
faith-based GM schools a
possibility. Existing faith-based
private schools may apply to be re
established as grant maintained. The
relevant clauses in the Act were
strongly influenced by the Christian
Schools Campaign. In this paper,
Geoffrey Walford, Senior Lecturer in
Sociology and Educational Policy at
Aston University, reports upon a
survey he undertook of the schools
represented by the CSS.
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