many parents fight hard, their children in their preferred school Church of England schools should cut down to 1 of 10 the number of training places for practising Anglicans reserves, said the head of which education has Board.The Bishop of Oxford, who said RT Rev. John Pritchard, schools will serve the main function of the general public should.
The Church is its guidelines for admissions in 2,100 schools, of which, some more than 50% of their seats for churchgoers reserve.
Secular activists, said the comments "a step in the right direction" were.
But the Reverend George Curry, a traditionalist vicar and Church Governor in Newcastle, said: "We need to get the balance right." Is our school for all, or is it a church school?
"It is a question of fairness." Members of the Church see it as their own school and my discomfort is a concern over the introduction of a figure of 30% or 10%. "What the criteria for which it is 10%?"
In the summer, the Church hopes to publish updated guidelines for the Diocesan motherboards running its voluntary aided schools.
Some of them are very popular and can give priority to children, the church regularly decide when to accept students.
RT Rev Pritchard said the Church's mission should not have "collect nice Christians in safe places".
On the BBC today programme why he had selected the figure of 10%, he said: "It is a pure idea."
"Given entirely I flat playing field, which always, that 10 to 15 say we need % that feels ethos to hold right a Christian school, because that's what parents want."
"they want a school that provides the values and the disciplines and the habits of the heart, which can be found in Christian schools, so that those of us who need but would like to then I say we are as open as we can, because it is our task for the community."
He added "that is what always goes to the Church of England, you know, it is the only organization that is due to his non-members, available so that we serve the community and so I would like to move just us in this direction, as we can".
But he said that decision must be ultimately left town school governors.
Some believe that motivated current system families - especially from the and promotes well educated middle class - to start or increase religious activity in the hope of improving their chances of entry on high-performance schools.
A spokesman for the Church of England said it was his guidelines - review but stressed that this was not binding.
"A key feature of the guidelines is the crucial role of the schools in the service of the entire community stress Church," the spokesman said.
The Church says it is committed to background reservation of at least 25% of the places in its new schools for students from the local environment, regardless of faith, and in practice, which it says the most new Church of England schools keep less than 50% for Christian applicants.
The Church of England "voluntary controlled" also points out that it has a further 2,500 or so schools and take all their attendance of close to nearby area that reflect the make-up of the local community.
' Cat out of the sack 'The national secular society, said Bishop Pritchard's comments were a "step in the right direction" but expressed doubt whether the changes would be made.
Company President Terry Sanderson said: "the Church has repeatedly denied that the strict selection criteria that are applied in some schools are the reason they perform so well."
"" We have said, that it is because of the "Christian ethos". "Now the cat is out of the Pocket and the Bishop of Oxford has left us know that the Church is aware of their schools as well perform."
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Romain, Chairman of the accord, which campaigns, religious discrimination in school admissions, to stop, said: "This is a very welcome step, trying, current policy help correct, which means that religion and discrimination in schools have become almost synonymous."
"Schools may not state school and be inclusive and tolerant, on the grounds of religion for one of their teachers, posts or any students are indistinguishable."
Outgoing schools adjudicator Ian Craig said that parental credit for church activities, such as Bell ringing and cleaning, some religious schools - if not specifically, Church of England ones - were accidentally "tug Church" their inclusion.
However he was charged with exaggerated the extent of the problem of by a Committee of MPs.
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