England scraps 50% rule on faith school admissions

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1. Government plans to lift faith-based admissions cap on free schools in England | Independent

2. Children face travelling miles to school as cap on faith admissions scrapped | i News

3. Cap on faith-based admissions into schools to be lifted under government plans | ITV News

4. Cap on faith-based school admissions to be lifted under government plans | Evening Standard

5. Faith school admissions: what is the new proposal and why is it controversial? | Evening Standard

6. Schools should bond communities: faith schools divide them. Why are ministers making that worse? | The Guardian

Faith schools in England will no longer have to offer up to half of their places to children who don’t belong to their religion, under changes to state school admissions rules announced by the government.