The government is set to relax rules on how faith schools select pupils, to allow new Catholic schools to open in England, according to a Number Ten source. It comes as the education secretary said ministers will take a pragmatic look at new grammar schools. Justine Greening said she wanted to offer parents choice but children would not be split into ‘winners and losers’. The source said, ‘We're going to change the rule, to allow new Catholic schools to open, while making faith schools of all kinds do more to ensure their pupils integrate with children of other backgrounds.’ Pray that the furore over reintroduction of grammar schools will not affect the move to remove the cap on faith-based admissions, so that the Catholic Church will be able to meet the current parental demand for thousands of new Catholic school places across the country.