Tags: Faith Schools
Mixed-sex schools shouldn’t segregate children, says DfE
Mixed-sex schools in England should not generally separate pupils by sex or faith, the government has said.
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Ofsted: Jewish school failing on safety, curriculum and tolerance
Ofsted has deemed a state-funded Jewish school inadequate after finding it deliberately undermined pupils' safety,... Read More »
Scottish education union calls for entitlement to paid religious leave
Scotland's oldest teaching union has passed a motion calling for teachers from non-Christian faiths to be given paid... Read More »
British public opposes religious influence in education, poll finds
British adults are strongly opposed to religious influence in school admissions, assemblies and the teaching of Religious... Read More »
NSS says integration efforts should focus on common citizenship
The National Secular Society has called on the government to treat citizens as individuals and to clamp down on the... Read More »
Parents protest imposition of religious status on Norfolk school
The National Secular Society has backed parents who are protesting against the merger of a non-religious school into... Read More »
Welsh faith schools will keep distorting sex education, NSS warns
Allowing Welsh faith schools to teach sex education through a religious lens will distort the subject and teach children... Read More »
NSS: guidance for independent schools “strikes the right balance”
The National Secular Society has broadly welcomed revisions to the Independent School Standards (ISS) which brings... Read More »
Ofsted: curriculum at Jewish school restricted pupils’ development
An independent faith school in north London is facing deregistration and may close after inspectors said it was reducing... Read More »
NSS: joint campus rows show need to secularise Scottish education
The National Secular Society has said calls for children to be segregated on joint campuses have "shown the need to... Read More »
Gov’t drops proposal to scrap 50% admissions cap – but plans discriminatory faith school expansion
The government has abandoned plans to lift the 50% cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools – but will... Read More »
DfE warned 12 more private faith schools over failures in one month
The Department for Education warned 12 independent faith schools that they were failing to meet the standards expected... Read More »
Government plans to create 36 new religious free schools in England
The government plans to create 36 new faith schools in England as it rolls out its latest round of new free schools,... Read More »
NSS renews call to end faith schools’ ‘religiosity inspections’
The National Secular Society has asked the government to stop funding religious inspections of faith schools after... Read More »
Church forces school to close rather than join secular academy trust
A primary school in Surrey is to close after the local Church of England diocese refused to allow it to join a secular... Read More »
Most faith schools distorting sex education, NSS study finds
More than three-quarters of state-funded secondary faith schools in England are failing to teach Sex and Relationships... Read More »
NSS: government must listen to Greening on faith-based admissions
The National Secular Society has said the government must "urgently rethink" plans to allow more discriminatory faith-based... Read More »
Lords committee: respect the law before “the values of others”
Public policy must put "respect for the law" before "respect for the values of others" and defend "the shared values... Read More »
NSS urges ‘no more faith schools’ as it launches national campaign
The National Secular Society has launched a new national campaign dedicated to ending state-funded faith schools,... Read More »
NSS criticises admissions policies that push parents into church
The National Secular Society has criticised policies that require parents to attend church to get their children in... Read More »
NSS criticises creation of Muslim state schools in Manchester
The National Secular Society has criticised the creation of two state-funded, single-sex Muslim secondary schools... Read More »
DfE consults on creating home education register
The government is considering introducing a register of home-educated children and issuing school attendance orders... Read More »
18,000 children sent to faith schools against parental preference
More than 18,000 children were sent to state faith schools against their parents' preferences in England this year,... Read More »
Six independent Islamic schools had serious failings, says DfE
Six independent Islamic schools in England had "serious regulatory" failings during recent inspections, according... Read More »
Ireland plans to end religious discrimination in school admissions
The National Secular Society has called on the Department for Education to "follow the lead" of Irish ministers who... Read More »