Tags: RE
Response unit needed to tackle blasphemy flashpoints, report says
Recommendations echo NSS calls for more support for schools facing religious intimidation and threats. Read More »
Remove religious barriers to inclusion in NI schools, paper says
"Little change" in school religious composition for over two decades, research finds Read More »
Peer calls for more secular democracy in RE debate
Lord Warner challenges prayers in parliament and schools, bishops' bench, and faith schools. Read More »
NSS highlights religious barriers to inclusive education in NI
NSS response to inquiry calls for more integrated schools and more secular education system in Northern Ireland. Read More »
Unregistered school investigations nearly double in one year
Ofsted annual report also finds Religious Education in schools "not fit for purpose" Read More »
NSS urges government to replace “unpopular” RE
NSS letter follows lobbying from parliamentarians for more RE teacher training funding Read More »
NSS calls for change as RE “least useful” subject again
The National Secular Society has called for a rethink of religious education as polls again reveal the subject's unpopularity.... Read More »
Church plans to use schools to drive conversion of children
The Church of England has unveiled plans to use schools to drive recruitment of children and young people to Christianity.... Read More »
Barring humanists from RE committees is discriminatory, court rules
Local advisory committees on religious education may not exclude humanists, the High Court has found.
In a landmark... Read More »
Religious education reform bill advances in parliament
A bill that would require schools to teach non-religious worldviews in religious education has advanced in the House... Read More »
Study: Nonreligious children excluded in religious education
Nonreligious children may find religious education lessons "excluding", researchers have found.
A recent study published... Read More »
Most Brits don’t think secondary school RE is important, poll finds
Over half of British adults do not think it is important for religious education to be taught in secondary schools.... Read More »
Pupils at failing Catholic school 'do not learn about other faiths'
A state-funded Catholic school has been criticised by inspectors for failing to teach pupils about other religions.... Read More »
Ruling: Collective worship and RE in NI schools breach human rights
Collective worship and Christian-biased religious education in Northern Ireland breach human rights, a high court... Read More »
Government opposes moves to protect secular schools’ ethos
The government has refused to support amendments to a bill which would help nonreligious academies protect their secular... Read More »
Prioritise RE reform not enforcement, NSS tells government
The National Secular Society has warned the government that education about religion and belief should be reformed,... Read More »
RE promotes religiosity but not morality, German study finds
Religious education promotes religiosity but not broadly shared moral and political values, research suggests.
Researchers... Read More »
Laws requiring exclusively Christian RE to face court challenge in NI
The High Court in Northern Ireland has granted permission for a legal challenge against laws requiring confessional... Read More »
Major reform of teaching on religion and belief passes in Wales
Legislation which will substantially reform the teaching of religion and belief, including by requiring coverage of... Read More »
Religious pressure resisted as Welsh RE reform plans progress
A major curriculum reform bill which would replace religious education with a more pluralistic alternative in Wales... Read More »
C of E’s control of RE damages subject’s credibility, says study
The Church of England's theological approach to religious education has come to dominate the subject amid a lack of... Read More »
Most Brits don’t consider religious studies important, poll finds
A majority of adults in Britain don't consider it important to teach religious studies at secondary school, according... Read More »
NSS gives evidence to Senedd committee over Welsh curriculum reform
The National Secular Society has called for children's rights to be prioritised over religious interests in the formulation... Read More »
NSS urges Senedd to back curriculum reforms
The National Secular Society has urged a Senedd education committee to back new legislation to reform religious studies... Read More »
Give every child a pluralistic education, NSS tells Welsh government
The National Secular Society has urged the Welsh government to extend planned reforms of religious education so every... Read More »
