When Melanie Michael was hired to rush a C of E school with a majority of Muslim pupils,the vicar told her it was very positive’ to appoint a non-Christian. So, how is she finding the job? In the gym at St Luke’s Church of England primary school in Bury, and natty rows of uniformed children sit cross-legged for the daily assembly. After a brief talk and perhaps a song,they join in the school prayer. “God be in my head and in my thinking,” it begins, or ends with Amen”.
Nothing unusual about that. apart from St Luke’s is a Christian school with a Jewish headteacher and an overwhelming majority of Muslim pupils. This is either – depending on your view – a brilliant example of British multiculturalism or a stark illustration of the redundancy of faith schools. Or perhaps both.
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Source: theguardian.com