Tags: Faith schools
Government takes action to combat creationism in free schools
The Government has taken steps to ensure that creationism and "intelligent design" is not taught in free schools.... Read More »
CofE takeover of schools progresses rapidly
A new secondary free school with a "Christian character" is being proposed in Hove,Sussex. It is apparently being... Read More »
Catholic schools are for religious recruitment, admits bishop
The Catholic bishop of Lancaster has said that the purpose of Catholic schools is to evangelise, and that if some... Read More »
Protest against Nadine Dorries MP’s Abstinence for Girls Bill
A demonstration has been organised for 20 January against the Sex Education (Required Content) Bill which seeks to... Read More »
More local councils to cut “faith school” transport spending
More local authorities have announced proposals to cut free and subsidised transport for pupils attending "faith schools".... Read More »
Opus Dei to open new Catholic schools
The secretive, sinister and extremely wealthy Catholic organisation Opus Dei - originally started by supporters of... Read More »
Cameron says he wants to "enhance faith-based education"
The rush by local authorities in England to cut transport subsidies to faith schools has brought a reaction from the... Read More »
'Faith schools' plan to up the amount of religion condemned as “brainwashing”
The National Secular Society has condemned plans by the Church of England to intensify the amount of evangelisation... Read More »
Nadine Dorries’ ‘abstinence for girls’ Bill – what you can do
A parliamentary Private Members Bill that would "require schools to provide certain additional sex education to girls... Read More »
Irish Government’s advisory group recommends taking schools away from Catholic Church
The domination of Irish primary schools by the Catholic Church must end, says a Government advisory group in an interim... Read More »
Wakefield, Middlesbrough & Hartlepool latest to scrap “faith school” transport subsidies
Local Councils in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and Hartlepool are consulting on scrapping discretionary free bus passes... Read More »
Prime Minister to send a Bible to every school
The Times Educational Supplement is reporting this morning that the Prime Minister is planning to send a King James... Read More »
Catholic leaders panic as more councils cut “faith school” bus subsidies
As local authorities around the country cut subsidised transport to religious schools, the Catholic establishment... Read More »
Peers attack Christian Institute for lies about sex education proposals
Two peers have condemned a "cruel" and "vicious" campaign against them by the Christian Institute which claimed they... Read More »
Catholic School with appalling abuse record determined to retain reporting loopholes
Lord Carlile QC released his report on Wednesday into decades of abuse at St Benedict's independent RC School run... Read More »
Education Bill: Teacher discrimination challenged in House of Lords
Peers in the House of Lords this week challenged the level of discrimination permitted in 'faith' schools against... Read More »
Pope orders inquiry into child sex abuse at West London school
The Vatican has ordered an inquiry into claims of decades of sexual abuse at a London abbey and school.
Self-regulation of madrassas would be a disaster for children
On Tuesday, 18 October 2011, Radio 4's File on 4 broadcast an investigation into the physical and sexual abuse of... Read More »
Meeting with Education Minister on Collective Worship and Employment
Education Minister Lord Hill received a delegation on 12 October from NSS Honorary Associates Lord Avebury and Baroness... Read More »
More ‘faith schools’ on their way as Government announce latest wave of free schools
The Government has announced that 55 new state funded free schools are to open from September 2012 onwards. The 55... Read More »
