The reason that we have so many C of E schools

is because it is only relatively recently that the state became interested in providing education to its citizens

It was the Church of England (and other religious organisations) which felt a moral imperative to educate the poor, and so it set up schools way, way before the state did anything at all

When the state came (late) to the party, it decided that the C of E schools were so good that it had better not get rid of them

So it's a good job that the church took the view that providing an education for free to the poor was a thing that Christians ought to be involved in, and didn't agree with you that they should have "feck all" to do with educating the poor, or at least a century's worth of children would not have benefited

Posted By: Old Git, Nov 30, 12:33:30