Tags: Faith Schools
Liam Neeson backs integrated education in Northern Ireland
Actor Liam Neeson has released a video message calling for more integrated schools in Northern Ireland.
The appeal... Read More »
Non-religious parents will be disadvantaged by new faith school, NSS tells Council
The National Secular Society has warned Powys Council that significant numbers of non-religious parents and young... Read More »
Don’t force the hijab on young girls, says Muslim women’s rights campaigner
Shaista Gohir of the Muslim Women's Network has criticised Muslim parents who make their young daughters wear hijabs.... Read More »
Northern Ireland: Secularists support moves to integrate education
The National Secular Society has called for more efforts to integrate education, promote citizenship education and... Read More »
“All schools” must provide sex education, says Labour MP in appeal for Conservative support
Labour MP Stella Creasy has written in Conservative Home appealing for cross-party support to make sex and relationships... Read More »
Latest religious takeover will see two community schools run by the Church
Two community schools in Kent are to be folded into an academy trust under Church control, in the latest Church takeover... Read More »
Local community rallies against religious ethos for new school
Hundreds of people have protested against a new school in Bala having a Church in Wales ethos, and a local councillor... Read More »
Ireland to consider banning schools from using religion in admissions
The Irish Minister for Education and Skills has set out plans to tackle the religious discrimination endemic in the... Read More »
Faith school heads and governors raise concerns about academy religious takeovers
Religious leaders are set to steamroll faith schools into massive academy chains, centralising church control over... Read More »
NSS urges Scottish Government to tackle governance failures concerning religion in schools
The National Secular Society has highlighted failures in the governance of Scottish schools, identifying a string... Read More »
Government refuses to review discrimination against teachers in faith schools
The National Secular Society has criticised the Government for refusing to accept a recommendation from the Equality... Read More »
Call to found an Islamic faith school in Scotland ‘open to all’
An academic at the University of Edinburgh has called for the Scottish Government to open an Islamic faith school... Read More »
NSS urges Government to abandon plans to expand religious selection
The National Secular Society has responded to the Government's consultation on plans to remove the faith based free-school... Read More »
Last chance to speak out against the Government’s faith school expansion plans
The Government's consultation on plans to open more faith schools and allow them to select up to 100% of their pupils... Read More »
Faith school expansion plans ‘will not improve standards or boost social mobility’
Government proposals to allow a new wave of fully religiously selective faith schools will not improve standards and... Read More »
Thousands of missing children at risk of religious extremism in illegal faith schools
Research by the BBC has found that more than 30,000 children went missing from English and Welsh schools for "substantial"... Read More »
Record numbers attending Jewish faith schools as Orthodox numbers grow
Almost two-thirds of Jewish children in Britain attend Jewish faith schools, the majority of which are "strictly Orthodox",... Read More »
‘Catholic certificate’ breaches admissions rules, says Schools Adjudicator
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) has upheld several complaints against a "Certificate of Catholic Practice"... Read More »
Church academy chain to close only secular school
A Church of England multi-academy trust is set to close the only non-faith school under its control.
The Diocese of... Read More »
Conservative MP criticises division caused by faith schools
A debate in the House of Commons on the role of faith and grammar schools saw MPs quiz the Government over its plans... Read More »
“Complete segregation” of genders within Islamic school is not discriminatory, says High Court
Ofsted is set to appeal a High Court ruling that gender segregation by an Islamic state school is not discriminatory.... Read More »
CofE faith school to insist parents attend church for two years
A Church of England faith school in Heysham is considering changing its admissions policy to require parents to attend... Read More »
New Hindu faith schools proposed, despite warnings of worsening ethnic segregation
The latest wave of free school applications includes proposals for seven new Hindu schools.
Details of applicants proposing... Read More »
Diverse schools needed to breakdown worsening ethnic segregation
Parents should be encouraged to place pupils in "diverse schools" to help tackle growing ethnic segregation, a major... Read More »
Plans to increase discriminatory faith school admissions ‘reveals an alarming democratic deficit’
The education secretary's power to relax faith school admissions without parliamentary approval or scrutiny reveals... Read More »
