That is very misleading since it is purely because of historical reasons .i.e. a naive struggling newly-born state handing education to religious institutions.

That is very misleading since it is purely because of historical reasons .i.e. a naive struggling newly-born state handing education to religious institutions. The school system is very different to other countries. Schools can have a religious "ethos" but it means very little nowadays and many children opt out of the single religious education lesson a week. The curriculum is set by the state, funding is from the state, management boards are no longer dominated by religious orders and all teachers are in one of two secular unions. For the most part, schools are really only Catholic in name only. If the church pushed anti-LGBT propaganda in schools like other countries it would cause uproar. That power has simply gone. The school system is archaic and over due for massive reform. One of the main things blocking it is historical land and building ownership.