Tags: Faith schools
Six independent faith schools warned over safeguarding failures
The government has warned six faith schools over their failures to meet safeguarding standards in its latest round... Read More »
NSS expresses support for RE and RSE reform in Wales
The National Secular Society has expressed qualified support for proposed reforms to religious education and relationships... Read More »
NSS to challenge new religiously selective faith school proposals
The government has announced details of proposals for 14 new faith schools which could select all their children on... Read More »
More schools suspend diversity teaching under Muslim pressure
Four more primary schools in Birmingham have stopped teaching lessons about diversity amid complaints from mainly... Read More »
NSS leads call for national inquiry into school admissions
The National Secular Society has raised concerns about the impact of faith-based discrimination and segregation as... Read More »
Birmingham school suspends diversity lessons despite Ofsted backing
A school has suspended lessons about diversity amid objections from predominantly Muslim parents over references to... Read More »
NSS welcomes updated guidance on relationships & sex education
The government has resisted religious pressure to extend parents' right to withdraw their children from relationships... Read More »
Ofsted head defends relationships education amid religious pressure
The chief inspector of England's schools has said all children should learn about same-sex couples amid increasingly... Read More »
Dissenting Orthodox Jew Izzy Posen to speak at Secularism 2019
The National Secular Society is pleased to announce that Izzy Posen, who dissented from his strict upbringing in an... Read More »
Failing faith school harming pupils’ wellbeing, says Ofsted
An independent Jewish faith school in north London has been found 'inadequate' in all areas in an Ofsted inspection... Read More »
NSS: DfE must stand up to religious bullying over sex education
The National Secular Society has said the government should "not give ground" on relationships and sex education (RSE)... Read More »
Government to crack down on illegal and failing independent schools
The National Secular Society has welcomed government plans to promote community integration by legislating against... Read More »
School cancels play about evolution after Christian parents object
A school has cancelled a play about the discovery of evolution amid objections from Christian parents, leading the... Read More »
Schools warned as parents refuse to let pupils speak to inspectors
The government has told independent schools that inspectors must be able to speak to pupils after a Jewish school... Read More »
NSS calls on equality body to promote inclusive education
The National Secular Society has called on the body which enforces Britain's equality laws to back an "inclusive and... Read More »
Council abandons review of discretionary faith school transport
The National Secular Society has criticised a council in north Wales for abandoning plans to review its provision... Read More »
NSS urges councils to resist religiously selective faith schools
The National Secular Society has urged councils to support inclusive schooling and not to open faith schools which... Read More »
NSS writes to councillors over discretionary faith school transport
The National Secular Society has urged councillors in Wrexham in north Wales to take a decision on transport to faith... Read More »
Independent Jewish school that censors resources warned by DfE
An independent Orthodox Jewish school in north London that prevents pupils from gaining GCSEs by censoring resources... Read More »
Most maintained rural primary schools are faith schools, data shows
The National Secular Society has again said the government should monitor faith-based impositions on school choice... Read More »
Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds
Almost three in ten families in England live in areas where most or all of the local primary schools are faith-based,... Read More »
Two councils may cut preferential transport to faith schools
Councils in north Wales and Greater Manchester are considering cutting public funding for transport schemes which... Read More »
Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious
England's schools adjudicator has said it is "reasonable" for two state-funded Orthodox Jewish schools to expect the... Read More »
Government warnings for five failing independent faith schools
Three Islamic schools and two Jewish schools are among nine independent schools which were issued with warning notices... Read More »
Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools
The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided faith schools, which can select all of their... Read More »
