Tags: Faith schools
We want secular schools in Dublin, say parents
Pressure is building on the Irish Education minister to establish a multi-denominational school in Dublin under the... Read More »
European Commission to investigate complaints concerning employment discrimination in ‘faith’ schools
The European Commission is to investigate complaints submitted by the National Secular Society concerning whether... Read More »
Government ordered to disclose details of free school applicants
A tribunal has ruled that the Department for Education (DfE) must publish the names, location and religious affiliation,... Read More »
Sheffield Council latest to axe free travel to religious schools
Sheffield City Council is the latest to scrap free transport for children attending religious schools.
At a meeting... Read More »
If you can’t prove you’re a Christian, get off the school bus
Flintshire County Council is proposing to restrict subsidised school transport to religious schools to those pupils... Read More »
Government confirms collective worship guidance can be ignored
The Department for Education has confirmed that its own controversial guidance on collective worship can be ignored by schools. The guidance, published in 1994, stipulates worship in schools "should be concerned with reverence or veneration paid to a divine being or power." Read More »
Irish atheist pupil who was forced to pray claims human rights violation
A young Irish atheist has made an official complaint after his school forced him to attend a multi-denominational... Read More »
FOI response suggests Government pressure over creationism at Giant’s Causeway
A freedom of Information response from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) in Northern Ireland... Read More »
Michael Gove wants to intervene in legal challenge to Catholic school
Education Secretary Michael Gove has applied to intervene in a judicial review considering the legality of a new Catholic... Read More »
Council promises to review its “apartheid-style” school transport policy
Northumberland County Council has agreed to reconsider its policy of segregating children by religion on its school... Read More »
National Trust amends controversial creationism exhibit
The National Trust has amended an exhibit at its Giant's Causeway visitor centre which gave credence to the creationist... Read More »
Parents object to school bus ‘apartheid’ in Northumberland
Northumberland County Council has introduced a new policy for school buses in which Catholic children get a free (and... Read More »
Request that teachers at Catholic schools make “declaration of faith” is McCarthyite and threatening, says NSS
A request that teachers at Catholic schools in the diocese of Lancaster make a "public profession of their faith"... Read More »
Catholic Church doesn’t want to share its free schools with non-Catholics
The Catholic Education Service (CES) has been told by the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, that it will not be permitted... Read More »
Christian group targets schools with frightening and dubious anti-abortion message
A Christian group has been touring schools in Sussex telling children frightening untruths about the supposed consequences... Read More »
Victory for community school fighting merger with church school
Parents and teachers at a school in Dagenham who campaigned against its closure and amalgamation with a church school... Read More »
National Trust to review creationist material at Giant's Causeway exhibit
The National Trust has announced plans to review the controversial exhibit in the new Giant's Causeway visitors centre... Read More »
Parents, teachers and governors ignored as council hands community school to church
Barking and Dagenham Council has agreed to the controversial amalgamation of a community school in Dagenham with a... Read More »
National Trust puts creationism on show at new visitor centre
The National Trust has come under fire for including an exhibit in the new Giants' Causeway Visitors' Centre acknowledging... Read More »
Catholic Church refuses to protect girls from cancer
If any more evidence was needed to prove the Catholic Church's contempt for women, then you need look no further than... Read More »
Teachers in Dagenham to strike over ‘faith school’ plans
Teachers at a community school threatened with amalgamation with a religious school are to stage a one day strike... Read More »
Catholic Education Service rebuked for blurring distinction between faith and politics in schools
The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has written to the Catholic Education Service (CES) to express... Read More »
Government proposes to force private schools to promote “British values” as a means of combating extremism
The Department of Education is consulting on new rules for private schools that seek to ensure they promote "British... Read More »
No justification for subsidising ‘faith school’ transport
After a fourteen month debate and consultation, the decision by Cheshire East Council to scrap transport subsidies... Read More »
Richmond Council approves Catholic school plan
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames last week approved a plan to open a new Catholic school in the borough,... Read More »
