“…There are continuing debates in the United Kingdom and many other nations about the relationship between faith schools and national identity, social cohesion and urban segregation (see Flint [2009] for an overview). In Scotland, the debate has focused on the relationship between statefunded Catholic schools and (inter-Christian) sectarianism (Conroy, 2001;Walker, 2001;Bruce, 2003;Clayton, 2003;Flint, 2007;McKinney, 2008; see Bruce et al, 2004 andDevine, 2000 for historical and contemporary studies of sectarianism in Scottish society). The Scottish Executive and now the Scottish Government [1] have made tackling sectarianism a key national priority and have utilised educational policy as a primary mechanism for achieving this (Scottish Executive, 2006a,b;HMIe, 2007;Scottish Government, 2009).…”