The National Secular Society works for the separation of religion and state and equal respect for everyone's human rights so that no one is either advantaged or disadvantaged on account of their beliefs.
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Latest News
Posted: Thu, 27 Jan 2022
Ofsted slams Islamic schools over safeguarding, curriculum failures
Two Islamic independent schools have failed to meet school standards, according to recent inspection reports.
Posted: Tue, 25 Jan 2022
Jewish school pupils lack understanding of consent, Ofsted finds
Pupils at an independent faith school lack understanding of the law relating to sexual consent and abuse, inspectors have found.
Posted: Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Two inclusive education bills progress in NI Assembly
Two bills supported by the NSS that would make education in Northern Ireland more inclusive have progressed in the assembly.
Posted: Wed, 19 Jan 2022
Religiously slaughtered meat supply outstrips demand, says report
Millions more animals than necessary to meet demand are religiously slaughtered without stunning, according to a recent study.
Posted: Wed, 19 Jan 2022
Report: Politicians use religion to restrict reproductive rights
Politicians around the world are using religion to restrict reproductive rights, a recent report has found.
Opinion
Church of England plans to give Anglican church leaders from around the world greater power in choosing future archbishops of Canterbury are a reminder of the need to separate church and state, argues Stephen Evans.
Appointments of future archbishops shouldn’t be the state’s business
Posted: Thu, 27 Jan 2022
Regulating charities effectively will not be possible until religious privilege is removed from charity law, says Megan Manson.
Playing whack-a-mole with religious charities isn’t working. Time to reform charity law.
Posted: Wed, 26 Jan 2022
Ending religious discrimination in faith school admissions is an important first step – but it will not undo all the harms caused by faith schools, says Alastair Lichten.
Religious selection is only part of the problem with faith schools
Posted: Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Faith-based selection forces families' religiosity to be assessed, compels conformity, and undermines everyone's freedom of belief, says Alastair Lichten.
Remove religious gatekeepers from school admissions
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2022
NSS chief executive Stephen Evans reflects on how secularism fared in 2021 and the NSS's activities over the year.
A message from the chief executive
Posted: Wed, 22 Dec 2021