Tags: Faith Schools
C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years
The National Secular Society has said a rapid rise in the number of children being taken to Church of England school... Read More »
Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education
The National Secular Society has told the Scottish government that it must not allow religious groups to undermine... Read More »
Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS
The National Secular Society has highlighted the risk that faith groups will continue to distort sex education in... Read More »
Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims
A rabbi has called on Orthodox Jewish schools to resist requirements to teach evolution and about non-traditional... Read More »
New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims
Pupils should be taught about evolution, art, and sexual relationships and no child should be forced to wear a hijab,... Read More »
Three independent faith schools still open after multiple failures
The National Secular Society has questioned why three independent faith schools remain open despite failing multiple... Read More »
Ten more independent faith schools issued warnings by DfE
An Islamic school that breached the Equality Act by treating boys and girls unequally was among 10 failing independent... Read More »
Let children make their own minds up about religion, says report
The National Secular Society has welcomed an academic report which calls on English state schools to raise children... Read More »
Ireland lifts discriminatory ‘baptism barrier’ in school admissions
The Irish government has stopped Catholic primary schools and primary schools which have spare capacity from discriminating... Read More »
Scottish Catholic schools to marginalise children who don’t pray
The National Secular Society has criticised a proposal to exclude children at Catholic schools in Scotland from nativity... Read More »
Replace RE with ‘religion and worldviews’, says commission
The National Secular Society has given a "qualified welcome" to a commission's recommendations to replace RE with... Read More »
NSS welcomes Lib Dem proposal to end faith schools in Scotland
The National Secular Society has welcomed a proposal by the Scottish Liberal Democrats to end sectarian schools by... Read More »
Scottish govt commits to faith schools despite religious decline
Scotland's education minister has told the National Secular Society his government has "no plans" to roll back religious... Read More »
Jewish school may place requirements on families, adjudicator rules
A Jewish state school is not breaching the school admissions code by requiring families not to wear leather or lycra,... Read More »
NSS welcomes Ofsted head’s opposition to faith-based exemptions
The National Secular Society has welcomed the chief inspector of schools in England's expression of opposition to... Read More »
Consultation launched on relationship & sex education guidance
The government has launched a consultation on new statutory guidance and regulations intended to make Relationships... Read More »
High Court dismisses school religious designation review
The High Court has refused to grant a judicial review of a decision to merge a non-religious school into a Christian... Read More »
Investigation launched after weapons seized at independent faith school
The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into Darul Uloom School London after the school's safeguarding... Read More »
Former education secretary renews call for reform of religion in schools
Religious education should be replaced with a new national 'Religion, Belief and Values' subject, a former education... Read More »
Comprehensive sex and relationship education delayed till at least 2020
Following mounting equivocation from DfE officials, and growing rumours, it has been confirmed that compulsory relationships... Read More »
Head of faith school that hired terrorist banned from teaching
The head of an Islamic faith school that hired the London Bridge terrorist attack ringleader has been banned from... Read More »
Church lobbies to make closing rural schools easier
Secular school campaigners have called for the Church of England to "give up some control" where flexibility may save... Read More »
Study: faith schools’ entry policies are complex and inconsistent
Faith schools' admissions policies are complex and difficult to navigate and the problem hurts parents from poorer... Read More »
Eleven inadequate independent faith schools facing closure
Seven Christian and four Islamic schools were among 26 private schools served with warning notices in the latest round... Read More »
NSS welcomes plan to restrict LGBT ‘conversion therapy’
The National Secular Society has welcomed a government announcement that it will bring forward proposals to end the... Read More »
