Tags: Faith schools
Call to found an Islamic faith school in Scotland ‘open to all’
An academic at the University of Edinburgh has called for the Scottish Government to open an Islamic faith school... Read More »
NSS urges Government to abandon plans to expand religious selection
The National Secular Society has responded to the Government's consultation on plans to remove the faith based free-school... Read More »
Last chance to speak out against the Government’s faith school expansion plans
The Government's consultation on plans to open more faith schools and allow them to select up to 100% of their pupils... Read More »
Faith school expansion plans ‘will not improve standards or boost social mobility’
Government proposals to allow a new wave of fully religiously selective faith schools will not improve standards and... Read More »
Thousands of missing children at risk of religious extremism in illegal faith schools
Research by the BBC has found that more than 30,000 children went missing from English and Welsh schools for "substantial"... Read More »
Record numbers attending Jewish faith schools as Orthodox numbers grow
Almost two-thirds of Jewish children in Britain attend Jewish faith schools, the majority of which are "strictly Orthodox",... Read More »
‘Catholic certificate’ breaches admissions rules, says Schools Adjudicator
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) has upheld several complaints against a "Certificate of Catholic Practice"... Read More »
Church academy chain to close only secular school
A Church of England multi-academy trust is set to close the only non-faith school under its control.
The Diocese of... Read More »
Conservative MP criticises division caused by faith schools
A debate in the House of Commons on the role of faith and grammar schools saw MPs quiz the Government over its plans... Read More »
“Complete segregation” of genders within Islamic school is not discriminatory, says High Court
Ofsted is set to appeal a High Court ruling that gender segregation by an Islamic state school is not discriminatory.... Read More »
CofE faith school to insist parents attend church for two years
A Church of England faith school in Heysham is considering changing its admissions policy to require parents to attend... Read More »
New Hindu faith schools proposed, despite warnings of worsening ethnic segregation
The latest wave of free school applications includes proposals for seven new Hindu schools.
Details of applicants proposing... Read More »
Diverse schools needed to breakdown worsening ethnic segregation
Parents should be encouraged to place pupils in "diverse schools" to help tackle growing ethnic segregation, a major... Read More »
Plans to increase discriminatory faith school admissions ‘reveals an alarming democratic deficit’
The education secretary's power to relax faith school admissions without parliamentary approval or scrutiny reveals... Read More »
Scottish secularists challenge unelected church-appointees on Local Authority Education Committees
The Scottish Secular Society has launched a petition challenging the lack of democratic accountability in Local Authority... Read More »
NSS calls on Parliament not to ignore religious infringement on children’s rights
In a submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the National Secular Society warned that religion's role in... Read More »
Faith school pupils punished for not attending mass
A group of non-Catholic students in a Scottish school have been punished with a week's worth of detentions after they... Read More »
Protect the rights of the non-religious in education, says British Institute of Human Rights
The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has endorsed several recommendations made by the National Secular Society,... Read More »
Former deputy chair of NI education committee says teaching evolution ‘corrupts children’
Thomas Buchanan, a DUP MLA, has endorsed an event which seeks to teach creationism to children and said creationism... Read More »
UK must honour equality and human rights obligations, NSS tells UN
The National Secular Society has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to recommend to the UK Government that... Read More »
Government launches consultation on abolishing faith school admissions cap
The Government has launched a consultation on controversial plans to abolish the 50% admission cap on faith schools,... Read More »
NSS calls for inquiry into Government’s faith schools admissions reform
The National Secular Society has written to Neil Carmichael MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee, calling for... Read More »
NSS calls for rethink over Government plans to relax faith schools admissions rules
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to rethink plans to allow new faith schools to select all of... Read More »
Sex education should be mandatory to help prevent child abuse, says former Solicitor General
Former Solicitor General Vera Baird QC, the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, considers that compulsory PSHE... Read More »
Local councils lose challenge against unwanted Sikh free school
Two councils have lost a high court battle against the decision to have a Sikh faith school situated in the small... Read More »
