SIR – I have no idea what faith schools Jed King has visited (Letters Extra, August 10) but I do not recognise his description at all.

The ones I know are open to children of different faiths or of none. They take pupils from across the class spectrum and of different racial origin. They promote community cohesion, challenge racism, instill love of self and one’s neighbour (and our planet) and do indeed teach pupils how to think rather than what to think.

Ironically, since taking up her place at Christian high school in the city, my daughter has decided that she no longer believes in God. No indoctrination there then! She may remain an atheist or find at some point in the future that her faith returns. I hope it does. But I know she is receiving a wonderful education in a cosmopolitan (far from mediaeval) establishment which has a Christian ethos.

What puzzles me is why faith schools and faith organisations continue to be criticised. What is the agenda here?

Personally I feel that a media obsessed with celebrity, wealth and sex is a far bigger danger to the emotional and personal development of our children than any faith school I know.

Carl Freeman
Worceste