Schola Cantorum - In Paradisum

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Luckdragon wrote: <span title="Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:23 am">2 years ago</span>
TullyBascombe wrote: <span title="Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:36 am">2 years ago</span> Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School is a state school? It's not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church?
It is a Catholic state school, as is the London Oratory School.
Forgive me, I'm from America. I thought the state religion of England was the Church of England? I wasn't aware that England supported Catholic schools. Does it support schools affiliated with other religions?
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TullyBascombe wrote: <span title="Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:22 am">2 years ago</span> Forgive me, I'm from America. I thought the state religion of England was the Church of England? I wasn't aware that England supported Catholic schools. Does it support schools affiliated with other religions?
English state-funded schools, commonly known as state schools, provide education to pupils between the ages of 3 and 18 without charge. Approximately 93% of English schoolchildren attend 20,000 or so such schools. Since 2008 about 75% have attained "academy status", which essentially gives them a higher budget per pupil from the Department for Education.

There are a number of categories of English state-funded schools including academy schools, community schools, faith schools, foundation schools, free schools (including 'studio schools' and University technical colleges), and a small number of state boarding schools and City Technology Colleges. About one third of English state-funded schools are faith schools; i.e. affiliated with religious groups, most often from the Church of England (approximately 2/3 of faith schools), or the Roman Catholic Church (around 3/10). There are also schools affiliated to other Christian churches; in 2011, there were 42 Jewish, 12 Muslim, 3 Sikh and 1 Hindu faith schools. These faith schools include sub-categories such as faith-academy schools, voluntary aided schools, and voluntary controlled schools: most voluntary controlled schools are faith schools.

All of these are funded through national and local taxation. A number of state-funded secondary schools are specialist schools, receiving extra funding to develop one or more subjects in which the school specialises, such as Cirencester Deer Park School which currently has 5 specialisms. State schools may request payment from parents for extracurricular activities such as swimming lessons and field trips, provided these charges are voluntary.
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TullyBascombe wrote: <span title="Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:22 am">2 years ago</span> Forgive me, I'm from America. I thought the state religion of England was the Church of England? I wasn't aware that England supported Catholic schools. Does it support schools affiliated with other religions?
The closest equivalent in the US would be a school voucher program.....and I'm not about to get into the political controversies inherent in that discussion :wink: But suffice it to say, the UK has similar tensions on the matter despite having a very different system than we do.
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Thank you both for answering my question.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001414j
To be broadcast on Radio 3 this coming Wednesday. Service was recorded earlier this month
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