The Government is consulting on giving Ofsted powers to investigate whether church youth work complies with ‘British values’ in a consultation closing on 11 January.
Any out-of-school setting which provides instruction for more than six hours in any week would be covered. The plans would easily include holiday Bible clubs, church weekends and summer camps. In effect, Ofsted would become the state regulator of religion.
The Out-of-school education settings: registra- tion and inspection consultation paper says that ‘undesirable teaching’ which is incompatible prohibited. be values will with British Sanctions would include banning people from working with children and closing premises.
