Sir Michael Wilshaw mentions TIBHS

Since the start of this academic year alone, Ofsted has inspected approximately 600 schools with a religious designation or character. Many of these schools have drawn praise from inspectors for quietly getting on with the task of ensuring all their children are being prepared for life in the complex, diverse society in which we now live.

Schools like Sinai Jewish Primary School in Brent, where inspectors found that pupils are “proud to be Jewish” but also “enjoy working with pupils from different ethnic and religious backgrounds”.

Or take St Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary in Slough, where last month inspectors praised a curriculum that “encourages pupils to see the world from different perspectives and has the notion of tolerance and mutual respect running through its core”.

And Tauheedul Islam Boys School in Blackburn, where inspectors recently noted that leaders had established an ethos in which students are encouraged “to live out their faith through a school culture based upon equality and philanthropy”.

Read more : Independent Voices – Ofsted and Faith schools

Added By: Abdus-Saboor Hussain | Date Added: 13th Feb 2015 | Posted In: Latest News