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Mon, 21 May 2018
Scottish government ‘committed to Catholic education tradition’
The NSS has criticised the Scottish government after a minister assured headteachers it was committed to providing Catholic education.
Fri, 18 May 2018
Ofsted: curriculum at Jewish school restricted pupils’ development
An independent faith school may close after inspectors said it was not preparing students for life in modern Britain.
Fri, 18 May 2018
Welby: disestablishment “a decision for parliament and people”
The NSS has again called for the separation of church and state after the archbishop of Canterbury said it wouldn't be a "disaster".
Thu, 17 May 2018
No need to prioritise requests based on religion, says chief coroner
Coroners in England and Wales are not obliged to prioritise requests which come from particular religious communities, the chief coroner has said.
Thu, 17 May 2018
NSS: joint campus rows show need to secularise Scottish education
The NSS has said calls for children to be segregated on joint campuses have shown the need to secularise education in Scotland.
Opinion
The decision not to allow more faith-based admissions to new free schools in England is a big win, says Stephen Evans. But the expansion of faith schools is the wrong response to Britain's growing religious diversity.
The government's U-turn shows the tide is turning against faith schools
Fri, 18 May 2018
Faith schools' approach to admissions and sex education reminds us that religious groups' interests often conflict with those of society. Megan Manson says the only answer to this is to separate education from religion.
How secularism cuts the Gordian knot in education
Fri, 18 May 2018
Politicians have hung a coroner who stood up to religious groups out to dry, says Chris Sloggett. And they've revealed how foolish we are to indulge individualistic demands for state services to accommodate religion.
We’ll all suffer if we let religion dictate how public servants do their jobs
Tue, 01 May 2018
We can mitigate the harm caused by faith schools in plenty of ways. But after the launch of the No More Faith Schools campaign, Alastair Lichten says the long-term battle is over the fact faith groups run schools at all.
Faith schools: why reducing the harm isn’t enough
Mon, 23 Apr 2018
Teachers from the ATL union have voted to demand a clampdown on parents selectively withdrawing their children from RE. But Stephen Evans says the right to withdraw should only be scrapped once the subject is reformed.
The row over right of withdrawal highlights the need to reform RE
Fri, 13 Apr 2018