...statutory provisions, of which the most important is the "Cowper Temple" clause of 1870, which forbids 221 the teaching of any " religious catechism or religious...which is distinctive of any particular denomination." The second class is, in respect of secular instruction and expenditure necessary to maintain and keep...

...Provided Schools are conducted under the control and management of the local education authority. No religious catechism, or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination shall be taught in the school. Non-provided Schools. The local education authority are responsible...

...conditions of attendance or non-attendance at any religious service or religious institution. " No religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination shall be taught in the school." 8 The regulation in regard to the payment of fees made it possible...

...school boards) to establish schools in which, according to Section 14 of the Education Act of 1870, "no religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination" might be taught. Nor was it made incumbent upon the local authority to provide any religious teaching...

...the board schools it was disposed of by the well-known Cowper-Temple clause forbidding them to teach any "religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination." (Education act, 1870, sec. 14 (2),) The status of the voluntary schools in this respect remained intact,...

...regulations : (1.) The school shall be a public elementary school within the meaning of this Act. (2.) No religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination shall be taught in the scltool. 15. The school board may, if they think fit, from time to time delegate...

...as is vouchsafed comes under the restriction of the Cowper-Temple clause. That clause enacts that no religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination shall be taught in the school. From this it would appear to follow either that no religious formulary...

...the subject of great controversy. Clause 14, known äs the 'Cowper-Temple Clause5, decreed that "no religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination shall be taught in the Board Schools", whilst Clause 7, known äs the cConscience Clause', laid down...

...Church of England schools, and convert them into schools in which, under section 14 of the Act, " no religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination " may be taught. We submit that this is a clear breach of trust. A transfer can only be made, if at...

...of its own schools, the latter was forbidden, in the words of the Cowper-Temple clause, to allow " any religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination " to be taught to the scholars. It might, if it so preferred, provide no religious instruction at all....