The warning was issued by the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales to the General Teaching Council. It said that the code could seriously undermine the religious character of Church schools and would impose on them a hostile secular morality. Principle 4 of the code, which will be legally binding, states that teachers must 'proactively challenge discrimination' and 'promote equality and value diversity in all their professional relationships and interactions', before they can become registered teachers. Oona Stannard, head of the Catholic Education Service, said 'there was an understandable fear that the call to ‘proactively challenge discrimination' could be used to oppose faith schools per se, and the rights that they have in law, for example, to select leaders who are of the faith'.

Pray:for an understanding that the promotion of equality and diversity draws upon the strengths of faith groups rather than by seeking to limit them. (Pr.2:6)

Source: Prayer Alert