UK: Muslim majority at some Catholic schools

UK: Muslim majority at some Catholic schools


Last year, the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales said all Catholic schools should open multi-faith prayer rooms.

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A survey has found 24 Catholic primary schools in the North West and the Midlands teach a minority of churchgoing children.


Fewer than one in 10 children are Catholic at one school in Birmingham, while the Church is ending its involvement with a similar establishment in Blackburn.


Overall, Catholics make up 73.34 per cent of pupils at the 2,300 schools linked to the denomination across England and Wales.


But The Tablet, a weekly Catholic magazine, found that in Oldham, Blackburn, Wolverhampton and Birmingham there has been a sharp decline in the proportion of Catholics being educated in local faith schools.


At English Martyrs in Sparkhill, Birmingham, just 36 of the 410 pupils are Catholic while the vast majority are Muslim.


At Sacred Heart Primary in Salford, there are only seven Catholic pupils and moves are under way to remove it from the diocese’s jurisdiction.


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Source: Telegraph (Dutch)

See also:
* Denmark: Muslim students in Catholic schools
* France: Muslims in Catholic schools
* UK: Bishops want Catholic schools to adapt to Muslims
* UK: Jewish school has 50% Muslims
* UK: Religious leaders call on faith schools to accept all students