Why Guardian Australia is investigating Exclusive Brethren schools

The sect's OneSchool Global network has received generous support from Australian taxpayers while tightly controlling students and discouraging tertiary study

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In the early 1990s, the Exclusive Brethren - now called the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church - set up its own private schooling system.

Now known as the OneSchool Global network, the Brethren schools have 120 campuses across 20 different countries teaching almost 10,000 children. In Australia, the schools operate across six states with 31 separate campuses serving their followers.