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Published: 8 February 2008

When choosing a school creates a two-tier society

• THANK you for the article highlighting the two-tier system created by religious schools in Islington (Children flock to church schools as other primaries struggle to fill their classrooms. Are we creating a two-tier system? February 1).
Councillor Ursula Woolley is completely erroneous in saying this does not happen here. As a mother of young children living in Highbury I know of so many parents who, without shame, confess that they only go to church so their kids can get into St Joan of Arc and St John’s. They hold little religious belief or faith in god. I find their hypocrisy disgusting.
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