One in eight parents fake religion to get kids into faith schools
The number of parents lying about their faith to ensure their children are admitted to good schools has considerably increased, a new poll has revealed.
A survey commissioned for ITV's 'How to get into a good school', found that 12.6 per cent of parents have pretended to practice a religion they don't believe in so that they can get their child into a reputable faith school. This shows a marked increase since a November 2012 YouGov poll, which found that 6 per cent of parents with children at a state funded school had attended church services purely so their child could go to a church school.
Of the 1,000 parents of primary school aged children surveyed by OnePoll this spring, an additional 23.7 per cent agreed that they would pretend to have a faith if necessary....