Do you think non-religious people should send their kids to private?

Ideal schools would promote critical thought, community, problem-solving skills, love and respect without using religion as the vehicle for delivering those messages. Schools should be consciously religion-neutral, neither expressly religious nor expressly anti-religious. The emphasis should be on encouraging kids to develop frameworks with which they can freely explore their own relationship with spirituality. In a voluntary society there may always be religious and anti-religious schools, and this should be tolerated in the name of freedom although I don't think it's the best way to ensure kids are enlightened and free.

As for my own experience; I have always been an atheist and my parents were atheists, but I went to a school very similar to kingofcarrotflowers's. I feel like a got a lot out of the religious aspect of my early years education, despite the fact it was exclusively Christian and I was a lone atheist.

I cannot believe that parents who don't want their kids fucked up by religion would actually send their kids to a religious based educational institution. Where would you get such an idea?

It would be best if society did not indoctrinate children into believing obviously fantastic stories are real. But, since they have, and the schools that provide this worldview are often safer with greater academic standards, a quandary does exist.
Ultimately, the child gets their worldview in this area from home. Therefore, if the parents are atheists that teach their kids that worldview, and a Catholic school is the best in the area, then the parents have no choice but to make this sacrifice out of the child's best interests.

Schools are meant to teach, and I think that's the only important thing, and of corse that your child feels comfortable with the teacher and children around them. I personally am also atheist, though I would never send my child to a religious school.

Well religious schools teach the actual history of religion, and don't reject evolution so I don't see why not. Many parents who aren't religious see religion as a good tool to keep young children in check "don't do blah blah god sees everything" ideally religion instills good morals. Side note most catholic schools charge extra if the kid has not been baptized, the parents have not been married etc etc

Well considering most schools in certain areas are religious public schools, it really doesn't matter.

I'm sure there are some schools founded by religious organizations that still offer good comprehensive education. But it does seem odd that these would be anybody's first choice unless they too were a believer.

This is actually quite in interesting question in a complicated area.

I'm an atheist but I was baptised and went to a school where we had to sing hymns at assembly etc, at the time I was in a Catholic environment ( with an alcoholic and abusive father, go figure)

I never thought of religion I didn't think of myself as a Christian but I just was, because my family was. It was only when I thought about MY beliefs I realised I was an athiest, I dislike the fact I was baptised and my religious lower school, but, it was the best school in the area, Andy family was Catholic.

I believe a child should be old enough to have some king of basic understanding towards the theories of religion or lack thereof and decide what they are for themselves, but, you can't ask a kid what school they want to go to, even if they were somehow able to compare all the information and stats for each school it's a responsibility that isn't right to dump on a child.