church schools
Faith-based learning institutions
Church schools are educational institutions operated by or affiliated with a religious denomination, typically Christian.
They combine standard academic curriculum with religious instruction and may require attendance at chapel services or religious classes.
The term encompasses everything from parish elementary schools to universities founded by churches: She attended Catholic church schools through eighth grade.
In British usage, church schools often refers specifically to state-funded schools with Church of England or Catholic affiliation.
- Catholic schoolsChurch-affiliated educational institutions
- parochial schoolsChurch-operated educational institutions
- chapel servicesWorship held in small sanctuary
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- Protestant schoolsChristian schools, not Catholic
teacher · local authority · prayer groups · prayer · faith-based education · scripture · morning prayer · catechism · confirmation class · volunteer networks · parish hall · state funding · religious retreats · religious instruction · religious studies · priests · seminary · religious education
- Anglican historyArchbishop of Canterbury, English Reformation, Book of Common Prayer, Henry VIII, Thomas Cranmer
- Australasian ChristianitySalvation Army, Pentecostalism, archdiocese, parish life, parishes
- British educationgrammar schools, comprehensive schools, state schools, primary education, secondary education
- Belgian Catholicismabbeys, archdioceses, bishoprics, cardinals, convents
- Catholic educationCatholic schools, Catholic high schools, Catholic universities, parochial schools, parish schools
- Christian educationSunday schools, Bible stories, Bible college, Christian academy, Christian curriculum
church schoolssecular schools
Educational institutions without religious affiliation
public schools · state schools · secular education · government schools · public education