Abstract
Abstract Five hundred and forty‐six year 10 pupils attending the four county and one Church of England voluntary secondary schools serving the area around the same town completed a detailed questionnaire concerning their religious beliefs, practices and attitudes, together with some information regarding parental religiosity. The data demonstrate that the Church of England school recruits a higher proportion of pupils from churchgoing homes and that churchgoing homes tend to represent the higher social classes. After taking into account the influence of sex, social class and parental religiosity, path analysis indicates that the Church of England school exerts neither a positive nor a negative influence on its pupils’ religious practice, belief or attitude. These findings are discussed in light of the Anglican church's understanding of its general and domestic functions within the state maintained system of education.
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