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'Didaskaleinophobia' and 'Sphenisciphobia' cannot be used in Scrabble, so are no use at all..

Yes they are; they claim to be purely religious establishments, and 'part time' so that they do not come under the definition of schools subject to Ofsted inspection and standards.

As they are democratically elected, and can be thrown out after five years, essentially yes. You'd rather it was controlled by organised religion (in some cases the extreme versions of said religions)? No? Then who?

You're brandishing the racism card - there was no need to bring up accusations of racism at all. Totally irrelevant. It doesn't matter whether the OP is racist or not, male or female, hetero or homosexual, right or left, the point made is valid. These schools should be closed down. The OP may or...

Sorry to hear that. Most of us, however, fortunately had a very different experience of C of E schools than you. Catholic schools almost certainly had a few too - probably more than the C of E. These were, however, proper schools that were regulated and inspected, and the problem in your school...

To be fair, most C of E Schools religious 'indoctrination' was a hymn in morning assembly, a fairly bland RE lesson once a week, and maybe a crocodile walk to the local church for a carol service. Rather different from the subject matter of this thread!

Have to agree, whether it's Jewish 'schools' or the other lot. Yes, close them down, and just for once sod worrying about offending minorities; just tell 'em to like it or lump it.