The Church of England insists it is not resisting inspections of out-of- hours school settings to combat extremism and that it supports \u201ctargeted interventions.\u201d<\/p>\n
[The] Revd [Nigel] Genders said the \u201cblanket regulation\u201d and powers of inspection that Ofsted is calling for are a massive burden, unhelpful and ineffective: \u201cIt would be creating a massive haystack and never being able to find the needle.\u201d He argues there is confusion over the issue of tackling extremism because a distinction needed to be made between voluntary church settings and illegal schools. He stressed that the church wanted to work with the government to keep children safe and if they have got concerns about particular settings \u201cthey should intervene.\u201d But, he added: \u201cIt\u2019s not for the state to tell churches how to behave or to get into state regulation of religion.\u201d<\/p>\n