Supplementary memorandum submitted by
The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Birmingham
Thank you for your letter of 5 December and
for the opportunity to give evidence to the House of Commons Education
and Skills Select Committee on Monday 11 December. I am grateful
to you for this opportunity.
During the session I undertook to provide some
further written material for the Committee.
1. In response to Ms McTaggart's request,
I enclose an extract from recently published research entitled
Character Education. It addresses the question of the indicators
within faith schools of political engagement.[4]
This research is also supported by research
into Catholic Schools and Citizenship. But this research is not
due to be published until March 2007.
2. In response to Mr Williams' request for
information about teaching in Catholic schools, concerning homosexuality
and other related subjects, I have arranged for the full documentation
of the relevant course material, under the heading All That
I Am, to be delivered to the Committee. This is bulky documentation
and is best not sent by mail.[5]
3. In response to the Chairman's reference
to Northern Ireland, I enclose a copy of a letter addressed to
Lord Baker in the context of the recent Education and Inspection
Bill debate. It was this letter to which I referred in my evidence.[6]
I also enclose a list of the sources which I
have used in preparation for the evidence that I gave. I hope
this is useful to you as much of the resources have only recently
been published. I also enclose a copy of the notes which I prepared
for the session and to which I referred at some points.[7]
I enclose a copy of Quality and Performance:
A Survey of Education in Catholic Schools. The data in this
report is Ofsted data.[8]
The data concerning the effectiveness of Catholic schools in generating
respect for others, to which I referred in my evidence, is to
be found on pages 20 (primary school) and 22 (secondary schools).
At the same point there is evidence of the effectiveness of Catholic
schools at creating an environment which is free from bullying.
This is relevant to some of the points made in my discussion with
Mr Williams.
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