Tags: Collective worship
CofE spending millions on converting children, report reveals
Schools and colleges targeted in drive to double number of children and young people in Church. Read More »
Hundreds of NI schools hosting evangelists every year, parents warn
Parents' group says religious speakers making over 11,500 school visits each year but less than half of schools actively tell parents. Read More »
Majority in Scotland have no religion, Census finds
"Watershed moment" as 51.1% of Scots said they have no religion in the 2022 census. Read More »
Most school leaders disagree with law on worship, poll finds
NSS-commissioned poll finds 70% of senior school leaders disagree with law requiring daily acts of broadly Christian collective worship. Read More »
Revealed: Schools seeking opt-outs from obligated Christian worship
Mandatory Christianity in worship is being replaced by mindfulness and environmental awareness at a growing number of schools. Read More »
Exclusively Christian RE not a breach of human rights, court rules
Court confirms RE curriculum not objective, critical, or pluralistic, but says no breach of rights. Read More »
School’s decision to restrict prayer rituals lawful, court finds
Disadvantage to Muslim pupils outweighed by need to promote interests of whole school community, judge says. Read More »
NSS address urges UN to call for government action on human rights
Religious privilege is undermining rights of UK citizens, NSS tells UN committee. Read More »
Protect human rights from religious imposition, NSS urges UN
NSS tells UN Human Rights Committee religious privilege is undermining rights in education, healthcare and around free speech. Read More »
Remove religious barriers to inclusion in NI schools, paper says
"Little change" in school religious composition for over two decades, research finds Read More »
Peer calls for more secular democracy in RE debate
Lord Warner challenges prayers in parliament and schools, bishops' bench, and faith schools. Read More »
Lives “endangered” at school which restricted prayer rituals
NSS calls for government action after school subjected to death threats and bomb scares. Read More »
NSS highlights religious barriers to inclusive education in NI
NSS response to inquiry calls for more integrated schools and more secular education system in Northern Ireland. Read More »
School “misleading” parents on plan to join CofE academy trust
Primary school fails to tell parents academy trust is run by Church of England and all its schools are faith schools. Read More »
Church plans to use schools to drive conversion of children
The Church of England has unveiled plans to use schools to drive recruitment of children and young people to Christianity.... Read More »
End faith-based selection in schools, UN committee urges
Schools in England should be prevented from religious discrimination in their admissions, a United Nations committee... Read More »
Established church hinders religious freedom, NSS tells UN expert
The NSS has told a UN expert that lack of separation between Church and state is undermining freedom of religion or belief in the UK. Read More »
Teachers: End “archaic and discriminatory” collective worship
Teachers have called for the "archaic and discriminatory" law on collective worship to be scrapped following last... Read More »
NSS calls for parliamentary committee to review collective worship
The National Secular Society has called on a parliamentary select committee to investigate compulsory worship in schools.... Read More »
School’s application for non-Christian assemblies denied
The National Secular Society has called for an end to laws requiring Christian worship in schools after a school's... Read More »
Ruling: Collective worship and RE in NI schools breach human rights
Collective worship and Christian-biased religious education in Northern Ireland breach human rights, a high court... Read More »
“No plans” to review school collective worship, government tells UN
The UK government is refusing to review laws requiring collective worship in schools despite repeated requests from... Read More »
Government opposes moves to protect secular schools’ ethos
The government has refused to support amendments to a bill which would help nonreligious academies protect their secular... Read More »
NSS criticises move to entrench faith school protections in law
The National Secular Society has criticised a move to enshrine protections for the ethos of faith schools into law... Read More »
Bill to replace worship with inclusive assemblies heads to Commons
A bill to replace mandatory collective worship with inclusive assemblies in non-faith schools has cleared the House... Read More »
