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Latest News
Posted: Thu, 23 May 2019
Ofsted recommends allowing failing private Jewish school to expand
Inspectors have recommended letting an independent Jewish school expand, despite leaders admitting they will refuse to meet standards.
Posted: Wed, 22 May 2019
Evangelising Christian nurse not unfairly sacked, court rules
A nurse who was sacked for repeatedly evangelising when treating patients was not unfairly dismissed, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Posted: Sat, 18 May 2019
Lawyer who defended Asia Bibi named Secularist of the Year
Saif ul Malook, a lawyer who defended a woman accused of blasphemy in Pakistan, has been named the NSS's Secularist of the Year.
Posted: Fri, 17 May 2019
Ofsted’s new inspection framework returns focus to inclusion
The NSS has welcomed a commitment to inclusion in an updated school inspection framework for 2019 from the education watchdog Ofsted.
Posted: Thu, 16 May 2019
NSS welcomes Home Office review of asylum decision-making process
The government has said it is reviewing its "decision making" amid concerns about its use of theological justifications in asylum policy....
Opinion
A ruling that a nurse was not wrongly dismissed for repeatedly evangelising was unsurprising, says Stephen Evans. Healthcare professionals must be prepared to set aside their personal beliefs at work to protect patients....
Praying on the vulnerable
Posted: Fri, 24 May 2019
As the campaign against relationships and sex education spreads and grows increasingly aggressive, Yasmin Rehman says politicians' pandering to intolerance will be a disaster for LGBT people, Muslims and wider society.
The anti-RSE campaign has echoes of the Rushdie affair
Posted: Thu, 23 May 2019
By only obligating officials in the Roman Catholic Church to report cases of clerical abuse internally, the pope's latest decree on child abuse falls a long way short of what is necessary, argues Keith Porteous Wood.
Pope’s latest PR offering on clerical abuse should fool no one
Posted: Fri, 10 May 2019
A damning report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has highlighted the need for independent oversight of the Church of England's safeguarding procedures and a mandatory reporting law, says Richard Scorer....
The C of E can’t be allowed to keep shielding abusers from accountability
Posted: Thu, 09 May 2019
The government has published new guidance on independent schools, amid systemic failings by independent faith schools. Alastair Lichten looks at what's changed and how the DfE has handled religious groups' demands.
New guidance on independent schools: analysis of hard-line opposition and DfE concessions
Posted: Fri, 03 May 2019