Atheists 'Could Set Up Free Schools'

July 28, 2010

Author: Graeme Paton

Source: The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7914808/Atheists-could-set-up-free-schools.html

The Education Secretary said he would be "interested" to look at proposals for non-religious schools from figures such Professor Richard Dawkins.

Prof Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, said last month that he approved of the idea of setting up a "free-thinking” school.

The comments follow the publication of Coalition plans to give parents' groups, teachers and charities powers to open their own schools at taxpayers' expense.