English schools should teach Christian moral principles, says archbishop

Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the newly installed head of the Westminster archdiocese, has argued that schools should develop the "innate spirituality" of young students, teaching sound moral principles. The archbishop went on to say that all schools do provide moral guidance. He said:

Schools of a religious character are upfront, overt and very reasoned about the values that shape the education, whereas I think often those that would claim to be neutral are covert in the values that they present to the children.