Tags: Faith schools
Church of England 'misselling school admissions policies'
The Church of England is misleading the public over the extent of religious discrimination in its schools' admissions... Read More »
Exclusive: Most state Jewish schools enforce religious dress
Nearly 60% of state-funded Jewish schools in England compel pupils to wear religious clothing as part of the school... Read More »
NSS asks DfE to clarify Oasis schools’ faith status
The National Secular Society has asked the Government to "clear up the confusion" over a group of academies with a... Read More »
NSS urges clampdown on creationist faith school
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to investigate a faith school that insists the universe is 5,778... Read More »
C of E school services grow as congregations decline
The number of children attending Church of England services during school time has risen for at least the third consecutive... Read More »
Government ‘obfuscates’ over faith schools' teacher discrimination
The National Secular Society has accused the government of obfuscating over the extent to which schools with a religious... Read More »
NSS welcomes ruling: Islamic school's gender segregation unlawful
The National Secular Society has welcomed a landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal that an Islamic school's policy... Read More »
Parents protest plan to merge non-religious school into Christian one
Parents and children have taken to the streets to protest plans to merge Trafalgar College, a school without a religious... Read More »
‘Religious segregation under one roof' proposed for Isle of Man school
A faith school will co-locate with a non-religious school while retaining a faith-based ethos, in what the National... Read More »
Girls forced to wear hijabs in English schools, NSS reveals
Girls in dozens of schools in England are forced to wear hijabs, according to National Secular Society research published... Read More »
Ofsted repeatedly fails dozens of independent faith schools
Dozens of small independent faith schools have repeatedly failed to meet Ofsted standards in the last three years,... Read More »
More than half of Brits now non-religious, study finds
The National Secular Society has called for "a serious debate about religion's place in our society" after a study... Read More »
How a teacher and a Virgin Mary statue drew attention to religious bias in the Irish education system
A humanist teacher who objected to a statue of the virgin Mary being displayed at a state-funded school with a "religious... Read More »
Humanist teacher loses discrimination claim over Mary statue
A humanist teacher who objected to a statue of the virgin Mary being displayed at a Catholic school in Ireland has lost a claim of discrimination at a Workplace Relations Commission hearing. Read More »
Joint faith school campus brings segregation under one roof
A new £17m campus which houses Catholic and Jewish faith schools together has opened in East Renfrewshire.
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Government plans mass expansion of CofE faith schools across England
The Department for Education hopes to open at least another 140 Church of England schools in the next five years,... Read More »
100% faith-based admissions leads to increased levels of segregation, says schools inspectorate
The chief inspector of schools Amanda Spielman has criticised Government proposals to allow some faith schools to... Read More »
Ofsted head criticises segregation as Islamic school is taken over
The chief inspector of the schools inspectorate Ofsted has spoken out against gender segregation in mixed-sex schools.... Read More »
Sex education: schools’ religious ethos may ‘limit’ pupils’ knowledge of LGBT facts and contraception
More than 50 faith leaders have warned that schools' ability to teach relationships and sex education (RSE) through... Read More »
Vetting in Scottish Catholic schools 'putting off non-Catholic teachers'
The leader of Scotland's biggest teachers' union has said fewer non-Catholics are teaching in the country's Catholic... Read More »
NSS calls for end to state funded ‘religiosity inspections’ in schools
The National Secular Society has called for Ofsted to inspect religious education in faith schools after research... Read More »
Catholic Church backs down on ‘faith certificates’ for pupils
The Catholic Church has dropped plans to take the Government to court in order to give priests the right to arbitrarily... Read More »
Church to gain influence over nine secular schools in Northumberland
Concerns have been raised over plans for nine community schools in Northumberland to join with one Church of England... Read More »
New poll finds huge opposition to Government’s plans for more discriminatory faith schools
Government plans to allow new faith schools to discriminate on religious grounds by selecting all of their pupils... Read More »
Four religious representatives appointed to Hebrides education committee
The Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the local authority for the Hebrides, has appointed four religious figures to its education... Read More »
