‘Serious concerns’ as children in care refused places at Catholic schools

A Schools Week investigation has also found council leaders in another area having to threaten Catholic schools with admission directions to get places for children in care. Schools Week analysis suggests schools in at least seven dioceses now give priority to children of their faith before non-religious pupils in care. ‘Creates further uncertainty’Salford Council told the admissions watchdog that faith schools were the “main difficulty” for children in care admissions. Catholic schools often prioritised children of faith, which left looked-after children not of faith “unable to access these schools”. Schools Week’s checks of diocese admission arrangements showed that while seven prioritised just Catholic children in care, five did give equal priority.