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Faith Schools

Fieldwork: October 25th 2006 - October 26th 2006

published by The Daily Politics

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Parliament is currently debating a plan that could require new religious schools, or faith schools, to admit up to a quarter of their pupils from other religions, or from non-religious families. Please say if you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.

Faith schools are divisive because they prevent children from different religious backgrounds from getting to know and understand each other

	All voters	Men	Women	18-34	35-54	55+	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	62%	67%	57%	63%	60%	63%	63%	64%	60%	61%
Disagree	33%	28%	37%	34%	33%	32%	34%	33%	33%	31%
NET	+29%	+39%	+20%	+29%	+27%	+31%	+29%	+31%	+27%	+30%

Religion and religious teaching should be kept out of schools that are funded by taxpayers' money.

	All voters	Men	Women	18-34	35-54	55+	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	36%	40%	33%	30%	36%	41%	36%	32%	37%	41%
Disagree	61%	57%	65%	67%	60%	56%	62%	66%	60%	55%
NET	-25%	-17%	-32%	-37%	-24%	-15%	-26%	-34%	-23%	-14%

I would be happy for my child to go to a faith school of a different religion from my own, even though they would be outnumbered by children from other religions.

	All voters	Men	Women	18-34	35-54	55+	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	46%	51%	41%	51%	45%	42%	52%	42%	47%	44%
Disagree	50%	44%	55%	47%	51%	51%	46%	52%	50%	50%
NET	-4%	+7%	-14%	+4%	-6%	-9%	+6%	-10%	-3%	-6%

Catholic and Church of England schools are not a problem, but Muslim schools are more worrying because they help to keep Muslim communities apart from the rest of society.

	All voters	Men	Women	18-34	35-54	55+	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	47%	50%	45%	42%	45%	54%	47%	46%	51%	47%
Disagree	44%	43%	45%	51%	47%	35%	46%	45%	44%	42%
NET	+3%	+7%	0%	-9%	-2%	+19%	+1%	+1%	+7%	+5%

Populus interviewed a random sample of 1,009 adults aged 18+ by telephone between 25th October 2006 and 26th October 2006. Interviews were conducted across England and the results have been weighted to be representative of all English adults. Populus is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. For a full description of the methods we use, please click here.

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