What should special schools do about providing Collective Worship?

DfES Circular 1/94 Annex B expresses the law in relation to the involvement of special school pupils in collective worship.

The law is often misunderstood to mean that special schools do not have to provide collective worship. In fact the possible disapplication of special school pupils from collective worship was included referring to a narrow interpretation of their needs and was aimed at reducing the difficulty for gathering together large numbers of non-ambulant pupils.

In terms of equality of opportunity for pupils in special schools, unless there are reasons relating to space or equipment that cannot be overcome, then special schools should follow the law in the same way as mainstream schools.