UK: Sunday schools and youth groups to face Ofsted inspections warns Evangelical Alliance | Christian News on Christian Today

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Sunday schools, home schooling, youth groups, churches and even Christian festivals could face Ofsted inspections under new government proposals, the Evangelical Alliance is warning.

The Evangelical Alliance is calling on its members to respond to a government consultation on extremism which will require educational groups outside school to register with the Department of Education and have regular Ofsted inspections.

Churches, youth groups, holiday clubs, church camps, Christian festivals, Bible-reading groups, homeschooling events or training courses for those under 19, lasting six hours or more per week, would be subject to registration and inspection by Ofsted under the current proposals, according to the alliance. “As it stands, a single one-off event lasting a day would also appear to require registration,” the alliance warned.

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