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But when the bullshit is drummed into you for the majority of your waking hours, five days a week (whether it is relevant or not to whatever else you are learning), it becomes more difficult to filter out.

Just think The Tooth fairy, Father Christmas, and 9/11.

I think critical evaluation skills come when they are older than 6. My eldest has got very into religion as she gets taught it as part of key stage 1. One of her teachers is clearly an active Christian so she believes a lot of it. For now. They are doing Judaism this term, which is entertaining. (As an aside, she associates vegetarianism with Islam, as all her Muslim classmates eat vegetarian school meals as the meat options aren't Halal. They are not the Muslim kids, but the vegetarian kids).

don't underestimate a kids ability to see through bullshit when it's patently bullshit.

Exactly.

My daughter is at a Catholic primary school (wife Catholic, me atheist) and I don't see any evidence of the children being rammed full to the point where they suspend disbelief.

The children are normal children, they love football, watching TV, playing with friends, messing around and swearing like sailors. They just have parts of their day which build up a comforting belief system on top of a strong community. Sure it involves mythical beings, but so does half the stuff they play and entertain themselves with in real life.

I'm sure there are some religious schools that go over the top on their teachings, but it's rarely just the school to blame. It all starts to go wrong when it's reinforced at home (parts of NI being an extreme example of this).