Tags: faith schools
NSS warns of growing threat from religious anti-RSE campaigners
The National Secular Society has warned of a growing threat from reactionary religious campaigns against relationships... Read More »
Ofsted recommends allowing failing private Jewish school to expand
The education watchdog Ofsted has recommended allowing an independent Jewish school to expand, despite leaders being... Read More »
Ofsted’s new inspection framework returns focus to inclusion
The National Secular Society has welcomed a commitment to inclusion in an updated school inspection framework for... Read More »
Over half of independent schools warned in March were faith schools
Three Jewish schools which shielded children from knowledge about different types of people, including LGBT people... Read More »
DfE de-prioritises respect for difference in independent schools
The Department for Education has watered down requirements on independent schools in England to promote respect for... Read More »
NSS broadly welcomes changes to RE and RSE in Welsh curriculum
The National Secular Society has expressed broad support for reforms to the teaching of religion, relationships and... 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 »
Council ends church officials’ education committee voting rights
The National Secular Society has welcomed a decision from a council in eastern Scotland to withdraw voting rights... 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 urges support for teachers amid anti-LGBT protests and threats
The National Secular Society has urged the government to reconsider a requirement on schools to take pupils' "religious... Read More »
Six independent faith schools warned over safeguarding failures
The government has warned six faith schools over their failures to meet safeguarding standards in its latest round... Read More »
NSS expresses support for RE and RSE reform in Wales
The National Secular Society has expressed qualified support for proposed reforms to religious education and relationships... 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 »
More schools suspend diversity teaching under Muslim pressure
Four more primary schools in Birmingham have stopped teaching lessons about diversity amid complaints from mainly... 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 »
Birmingham school suspends diversity lessons despite Ofsted backing
A school has suspended lessons about diversity amid objections from predominantly Muslim parents over references to... Read More »
NSS welcomes updated guidance on relationships & sex education
The government has resisted religious pressure to extend parents' right to withdraw their children from relationships... Read More »
Ofsted head defends relationships education amid religious pressure
The chief inspector of England's schools has said all children should learn about same-sex couples amid increasingly... Read More »
Dissenting Orthodox Jew Izzy Posen to speak at Secularism 2019
The National Secular Society is pleased to announce that Izzy Posen, who dissented from his strict upbringing in an... Read More »
Failing faith school harming pupils’ wellbeing, says Ofsted
An independent Jewish faith school in north London has been found 'inadequate' in all areas in an Ofsted inspection... Read More »
NSS: DfE must stand up to religious bullying over sex education
The National Secular Society has said the government should "not give ground" on relationships and sex education (RSE)... Read More »
Government to crack down on illegal and failing independent schools
The National Secular Society has welcomed government plans to promote community integration by legislating against... Read More »
School cancels play about evolution after Christian parents object
A school has cancelled a play about the discovery of evolution amid objections from Christian parents, leading the... Read More »
Schools warned as parents refuse to let pupils speak to inspectors
The government has told independent schools that inspectors must be able to speak to pupils after a Jewish school... Read More »
