Church of England launches website to promote school expansion

[Dave Roberts]

Leaders of Church of England schools are planning rapid expansion and have hit back at critics who say that their superior academic performance is the result of covert social selection.

They claim that the reason for their success and the driving force behind their expansion lies in the Ancient Greek word koinonia. Roughly
translated, koinonia means “fellowship”. More precisely it means
“that which is held in common”, and in the context of schools it refers to a
shared sense of purpose that can help to improve discipline and focus minds
on the job of teaching and learning.

The word is identified on a Church of England website for schools (www.christianvalues4schools.co.uk) as one of fifteen core values that make Christian schools popular with
parents and students. Others include service, trust and forgiveness.

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