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 In brief: Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?
 Steve Gibbons and Olmo Silva
June 2007
Paper No' CEPCP228:
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CentrePiece 12 (1) Summer 2007

Tags: education; religion; faith schools; educational attainment

Average levels of pupil achievement in religiously affiliated primary schools seem to be higher than in the secular sector. Research by Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Silva examines whether faith schools really are better or if their pupils are just different.

This article summarises Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils, CEE Discussion Paper 72
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