Religious school
A religious school is a school that either has a religious component in its operations or its curriculum, or exists primarily for the purpose of teaching aspects of a particular religion.Children
A school can either be of two types, though the same word is used for both in some areas:Religious teaching
Institutions solely or largely for teaching a particular religion, often outside regular school
- Cheder
- Hebrew school
- Madrasa
- Sunday school
- Talmud Torah
Institutions providing general education but run by a religious group, or in some way giving extra weight to a particular religion
- Bais Yaakov
- Cathedral school
- Catholic school
- Chabad
- Christian school
- Faith school UK term
- Jewish day school
- Lutheran school
- Madrasa also general education in some places
- Parochial school USA in particular, former UK
- Separate school Canada
Adults
- Bible college
- Madrasa
- Yeshiva