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Almost all of the prep schools are affiliated with a religious group. The most common is the Church of England in England and the Church of Scotland in Scotland. A munber of schools are affiliated with the Catholic and other religions. There are classess in religion which presents religion as both an academic subject an a matter of religious faith. The religius emphasis is greates at the Catholic schools, although there are variations from school to school.

Religion

Religious Education forms part of the curriculum though not as part of the General Certificate of Education syllabus. With the younger boys the teaching is based on a biblical approach whreas work with the older boys is based more on the discussion of like-related themes. .... While the School is by tradition Church of England our aim is to present religion to boys in an open-minded way, giving them opportunities for worship, for questining and fr discussion.

Bedford Modern School Prospectus

Jesus

Jesus tended to forget hings, like when he told the man who could not walk to get up and walk with his bed, which is one of the reasons why he was crucified.

The Wheasheaf (Pownall Hall), 1980.

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