Feb 222010
My daughter has little hope gaining admission to a local Church of England school because they class “Methodists” as being from a different faith and therefore highly unlikely to gain entry to a Christian school? Is this legal?
No. She is better off not going.
Yup because they still dont get why the reformation began to begin with.
In other words, they’re sure they are not wrong.
I’ve been away from home from home for a long time, so this is a new one on me.
That said, I’m Scottish, so the laws do differ from country to country, even if we all live on the same island.
My brother did have to enroll my niece into a certain church, in order for her to get a place in a specific school, so it might just be the case.
Again this is south of the border though, so it might just be allowed..Shocking in my opinion, but that’s the way it rolls.
They can, and it is legal, but depends on the exact status of the school. You might find this helpful:
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/education/schools/
Also, contact your Local Education Authority, who will be able to advise.
Methodism in the USA is much like that of the Anglican Church, but in the UK you dont have an episcopal structure or doctrine in Methodism do you? That’s probably why. Yes, they have the right, since it is a religious school.
I don’t know what country you are in, but that would be legal in the United States.
I don’t know why it would be an issue for the Church of England School. If they are teaching religion in class that is how they convert the young into their beliefs. If someone was attending a Methodist school I believe they would also try to influence people to convert. Then again the Church of England considers themselves Reformed Catholics, not Protestants. But if you ask any Catholic what the Church of England is they will say it’s a Protestant church.
Methodism is very close to anglicanism. that issue corresponds to the anglican church of england.