In this month’s issue, we publish our first survey of all independent Catholic schools in Great Britain. The survey shows the diversity and strength of these institutions which, like their state counterparts, are surviving in a sector which is increasingly secular in its ethos. Formerly, Catholic schools were in competition with other Christian foundations; now all schools struggle to maintain chaplains and churchgoing as an integral part of their identity. 

We should, then, salute those schools which are managing to sustain their Catholic worship and ethos; they play a critical role in the future of the Church.