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Originally Posted by AnnieK

My son goes to a C of E Primary School where they go to church etc but he is not Christened or a member of any faith. I had to appeal to get him into the school, its Ofsted report was the best in the area. I didn't want to determine his faith until he was of an age to choose. At the moment he has asked if he can be christened, but I think he just wants a party. I would rather he choose if and when he wants to follow a particular faith,for the right reasons. My Dad was not impressed, he thinks he should have been christened as a baby

I was raised Church of Scotland and my wife was raised Catholic (though interestingly... Her dad was raised CofE and MY dad was raised Catholic (both non-religious as adults) ).

We raise our children as non-religious BUT we are strongly considering sending our eldest to a Catholic High school in the nearest city purely because its an excellent school, and while our village is lovely and her primary school is great, her catchment non-denominational high school is a bus ride away to a... Less nice town... And the school itself is... not great. Like "if all else fails we'll move to a different catchment area at the end of primary school" sort of not great.

But yeah I personally think religion comes from the home anyway so the schools leanings don't matter that much. My wife went to Catholic school all the way through and neither her nor any of her old school friends are religious, and my dad (pushing 65) went through PROPER Catholic school, with actual nuns and stuff, and is if anything heavily CRITICAL of Catholicism