Tags: School admissions
Adjudicator can’t stop Jewish school’s impositions on families
A Jewish state school may continue enforcing strict religious observance criteria on children and their families after... Read More »
Peer raises shortage of religiously neutral schools in Lords debate
A peer has highlighted the shortage of religiously neutral schooling in England during a House of Lords debate, referencing... Read More »
NSS signs major letter against new fully selective faith schools
Leading public figures and campaigners including the National Secular Society have urged the government not to fund... Read More »
NSS questions school’s discrimination against non-religious
The National Secular Society has questioned the legality of a policy at a school in North Yorkshire which requires... Read More »
NSS to challenge new religiously selective faith school proposals
The government has announced details of proposals for 14 new faith schools which could select all their children on... Read More »
NSS leads call for national inquiry into school admissions
The National Secular Society has raised concerns about the impact of faith-based discrimination and segregation as... Read More »
NSS urges councils to resist religiously selective faith schools
The National Secular Society has urged councils to support inclusive schooling and not to open faith schools which... Read More »
Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious
England's schools adjudicator has said it is "reasonable" for two state-funded Orthodox Jewish schools to expect the... Read More »
Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools
The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided faith schools, which can select all of their... 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Gov’t drops proposal to scrap 50% admissions cap – but plans discriminatory faith school expansion
The government has abandoned plans to lift the 50% cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools – but will... Read More »
Government plans to create 36 new religious free schools in England
The government plans to create 36 new faith schools in England as it rolls out its latest round of new free schools,... Read More »
NSS: government must listen to Greening on faith-based admissions
The National Secular Society has said the government must "urgently rethink" plans to allow more discriminatory faith-based... Read More »
Lords committee: respect the law before “the values of others”
Public policy must put "respect for the law" before "respect for the values of others" and defend "the shared values... Read More »
NSS criticises admissions policies that push parents into church
The National Secular Society has criticised policies that require parents to attend church to get their children in... Read More »
18,000 children sent to faith schools against parental preference
More than 18,000 children were sent to state faith schools against their parents' preferences in England this year,... Read More »
Ireland plans to end religious discrimination in school admissions
The National Secular Society has called on the Department for Education to "follow the lead" of Irish ministers who... Read More »
Priest’s certificate may be used for admissions, says regulator
Catholic schools may accept a certificate signed by a priest as a reason to give pupils priority in admissions, the... Read More »
NSS: education secretary must keep faith-based admissions cap
The National Secular Society has urged the new education secretary Damian Hinds to drop plans to remove the 50% cap... 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 »
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 »
