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NSS launches new range of school resources: Exploring Secularism
The National Secular Society has launched a new range of resources for secondary school students and teachers to explore... 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 »
Over 12,000 charities exist only to promote religion, NSS reveals
Over 12,000 charities exist solely to promote religion with some using public money to promote extremism and harmful... Read More »
Former ‘pope in waiting’ jailed for child sexual abuse
The Vatican's former treasurer George Pell has been sentenced to a total of 11 years and nine months in prison for... 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 queries faith requirement for government fertility regulator job
The National Secular Society has questioned why the government required someone with "a faith background" when advertising... Read More »
Nick Cohen & Pragna Patel to address free speech at Secularism 2019
The National Secular Society is delighted to announce that Nick Cohen and Pragna Patel will address the subject of... Read More »
Senior French Catholic cardinal convicted of covering up abuse
The most senior Catholic official in France, the archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin, has been convicted of covering... Read More »
Campaigners renew offer to fund Sunday swimming on Lewis
A community group has renewed an offer to pay for trial Sunday openings of a leisure centre on the Isle of Lewis amid... Read More »
NSS calls on NSPCC to reconsider its position on genital cutting
The National Secular Society has called on the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to reconsider... Read More »
Out-of-school settings code should be mandatory, NSS tells DfE
The National Secular Society has said a code of practice for out-of-school educational settings (OOSES) should be... Read More »
NSS: government must support schools which promote LGBT equality
The National Secular Society has urged the government to support a primary school in Birmingham which is under pressure... Read More »
Doctors’ body: consider parents’ religion on infant genital cutting
The National Secular Society has criticised the professional body which represents doctors after it said "health interests"... Read More »
ECJ: non-stun slaughter breaches ‘highest welfare standards’
Meat from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning does not meet sufficiently high animal welfare standards to be... 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 »
Protect free speech, NSS tells Scottish review of hate crime laws
The National Secular Society has urged the Scottish government to protect free speech and abolish blasphemy laws as... 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 »
Jewish nursery which sacked cohabiting woman partially wins appeal
The National Secular Society has said a ruling that a woman who was sacked for living with her boyfriend did not suffer... 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 »
NSS welcomes guidance which promotes free speech at universities
The National Secular Society has welcomed new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) which... Read More »
Britain risks becoming a ‘hotbed of non-stun slaughter’, warns NSS
The National Secular Society has warned the government against turning the UK into "a hotbed of non-stun halal slaughter"... Read More »
School breaks ties with group that hosted Islamic extremists
A school has ended a letting arrangement with an Islamic 'weekend school' after the National Secular Society raised... 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 »
