article_snippet.sent: A Roman Catholic school attended by Nick Clegg’s eldest son and two of Nick Clegg’s has been cleared of discriminating against the poor.
article_snippet.sent: The Office of the Schools Adjudicator the Schools Adjudicator criticised The Oratory School in London for engaging in ‘social selection’, saying the Oratory School in London had broken the rules in 105 different ways.
article_snippet.sent: A Roman Catholic school attended by Nick Clegg’s eldest son and two of Tony Blair’s, was ordered to revise its admissions policy last year after watchdog decided watchdog was biased against working-class and non-Catholic children.
article_snippet.sent: the Oratory School in London London was cleared of discriminating against the poor and non-Catholic children .
article_snippet.sent: watchdog accused the school of cherry-picking privileged white children using watchdog strict faith-based entry requirements.
article_snippet.sent: ’s conclusion that the governing body of the Oratory School in London had operated an admissions system which was socially selective, discriminatory, and unfairly disadvantageous to children from less well-off families was flawed and was reached by a process which was procedurally unfair to the Oratory School in London.
article_snippet.sent: The school, founded in 1863, has prioritised pupils based on whether The school, founded in 1863 sing in the choir, arrange flowers in church, serve at the altar or assist in pastoral work.
article_snippet.sent: In the British Humanist Association ruling, watchdog said the Oratory School in London must not grant places ‘on the basis of any practical or financial support parents may give to the Oratory School in London’ - nor should children be favoured on the basis of children hobbies and activities.
article_snippet.sent: Ane Vernon, solicitor for the school, said: ‘The allegation that the school was socially selective and discriminating against less well-off families has been hurtful to staff, pupils and parents.
article_snippet.sent: Headmaster David McFadden added: ‘
article_snippet.sent: The judge’s decision supports us in continuing to preserve the school’s ethos and serving Catholic families throughout the whole of London.
article_snippet.sent: London Oratory was rated
article_snippet.sent: ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted and has some of the best results in the country.
article_snippet.sent: The case comes after a group of secular vicars and laypeople wrote an open letter calling for all Church of England schools to stop admissions based on faith criteria.
article_snippet.sent: Church groups have complained that a ‘secular agenda’ is increasingly being imposed on faith schools which aim to uphold Church groups traditional beliefs.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Oratory School was ordered to revise The Oratory School admissions policy last year .
  