Tags: School admissions
Jewish manifesto demands defence of infant circumcision
Document also calls for defence of non-stun slaughter and greater freedoms for faith schools to discriminate in admissions. Read More »
NSS tells DfE: faith selection in schools must be ended, not extended
NSS strongly opposes plans to scrap 50% cap on faith-based admissions at free schools in response to Government consultation. Read More »
Former Ofsted chief to speak at NSS conference
"Muscular liberalism" advocate Amanda Spielman to speak about religious interference in education at Secularism 2024. Read More »
Religious privilege in schools fosters inequality, NSS tells Ofsted
Ofsted should recognise how faith based admissions may affect school performance, NSS says. Read More »
NSS: Catholic Church donations to minister raise "serious" concerns
Donations from Catholic Church to Gillian Keegan calls decision to remove limits on religious school admissions into question, says NSS. Read More »
NSS asks minister to correct statements on faith school cap
Minister's claim that plans to remove limits on faith-based admissions won't affect existing schools is inaccurate, NSS says. Read More »
NSS joins open letter against faith school discrimination
Education experts, politicians, religious leaders and public figures unite to call on Education Secretary to keep the faith school admissions cap. Read More »
NSS urges PM to retain cap on faith-based admissions
Supporters of inclusive schools encouraged to tell MPs to protect the 50% cap. Read More »
NSS alarmed at plan to let new schools select all pupils based on faith
Faith-based academies could be free to select all pupils based on religion within months, sources say. Read More »
Councils say faith schools disadvantaging looked after children
Evidence increasing that faith schools disadvantage those with greatest need. Read More »
NSS address urges UN to call for government action on human rights
Religious privilege is undermining rights of UK citizens, NSS tells UN committee. Read More »
Protect human rights from religious imposition, NSS urges UN
NSS tells UN Human Rights Committee religious privilege is undermining rights in education, healthcare and around free speech. Read More »
Faith schools “most socially selective”, report finds
Faith schools admit disproportionately fewer pupils on free school meals, says Sutton Trust. Read More »
Faith schools’ admissions criteria found in breach of regulations
Schools highlighted by the National Secular Society for coercive and controlling behaviour found to be non-compliant with regulations. Read More »
NSS urges government to keep cap on faith-based admissions
Community cohesion and rights of children must come before religious interests, NSS tells schools minister Read More »
Faith primary schools admit fewer SEND children, research finds
Study: CofE and Catholic primaries less likely than community schools to admit children with special educational needs and disabilities Read More »
NSS calls on Labour to “think again” on faith schools
Labour's plan to leave the faith school system unchanged risks perpetuating injustice, unfairness and discrimination, NSS warns. Read More »
Religious selection in schools challenged in parliament
Parliamentarians have spoken out against state schools which religiously discriminate against children in their admissions.... Read More »
End faith-based selection in schools, UN committee urges
Schools in England should be prevented from religious discrimination in their admissions, a United Nations committee... Read More »
Government agrees to include NSS findings in school admissions review
The government has said it will consider National Secular Society research on faith schools as part of its next review... Read More »
Faith schools coercing families with ‘cultish’ practices, NSS finds
The National Secular Society has found faith schools are trying to control families' private lives, including parents'... Read More »
End religious discrimination in schools, UN committee tells Ireland
The National Secular Society has welcomed a United Nations committee's recommendation that Ireland ends faith-based... Read More »
Panel wrongly questions child’s religion at appeal for faith school entry
A child rejected by a faith school had his baptism status wrongly queried by an admissions appeal panel, an ombudsman... Read More »
Gov't refuses to end faith school discrimination despite inequalities
The National Secular Society has called on the government to act to end faith-based school admissions after a minister... Read More »
NSS backs reduction in religious selection at Suffolk faith schools
The National Secular Society has welcomed a decision to end religious selection in some Church of England faith schools... Read More »
