A recent law prohibiting Catholic schools from prioritising the enrolment of local children of the same faith is emerging as a “stumbling block” for parents as schools consider changing their patronage.
That’s according to the body representing Catholic schools in the process.
The Catholic Education Partnership (CSP) – established as a single voice for Catholic schools – said the Government’s decision in 2018 to remove the right of Catholic schools to give preference on the basis of religion in their admission policies is a “discriminatory law, solely directed at Catholics, and no other faiths”.
