ABSTRACT

The last decade or more has seen the development of new schools in both England and The Netherlands designed for children from families of minority faiths. In England there are now more than eighty Muslim schools, as well as schools for Sikhs, Seventh Day Adventists, Hindus, and Greek Orthodox Christians, mainly serving the children of first-or second-generation immigrants. However, in contrast to the long-standing state funding of Church of England, Roman Catholic, and Jewish schools, most of these newer schools serving religious minorities are fee-paying private schools.