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, 21 Feb 2019
Ofsted head defends relationships education amid religious pressure
The chief inspector of England's schools has said children should learn about same-sex couples regardless of their religious background.
Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2019
Jewish nursery which sacked cohabiting woman partially wins appeal
The NSS has criticised a ruling that a woman who was sacked for living with her boyfriend did not suffer religious discrimination.
Posted: Wed, 20 Feb 2019
Dissenting Orthodox Jew Izzy Posen to speak at Secularism 2019
Izzy Posen, who dissented from his upbringing in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, will speak at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference.
Posted: Mon, 18 Feb 2019
Failing faith school harming pupils’ wellbeing, says Ofsted
An independent Jewish faith school in London has been found 'inadequate' in all areas after an inspection uncovered a litany of failures....
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019
NSS: DfE must stand up to religious bullying over sex education
The NSS has written to the government after its research highlighted the bigoted messages of religious anti-RSE campaigners.
Opinion
Northern Ireland's equalities practices are furthering the harmful narrative that the country is made up of two communities and restricting citizens' ability to decide their own religious identities, says Roy Fisher.
Northern Ireland: where Protestants and Catholics don’t need to be Protestants or Catholics
Posted: Tue, 19 Feb 2019
A government plan on integration sets out a positive vision on education - but faith schools remain the elephant in the room. Alastair Lichten asks if ministers' actions will match their rhetoric.
Integrated communities require inclusive, secular schools
Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2019
The IICSA inquiry has turned its attention to child abuse at two Catholic schools. Abuse lawyer and NSS vice president Richard Scorer delivered the following opening statement on behalf of several victims.
Catholic abuse scandals: why self policing always fails
Posted: Mon, 04 Feb 2019
Former NSS president Barbara Smoker's book My Godforsaken Life: Memoir of a Maverick reminds us of the value of ordinary people's principled activism and provides a link to secularists of the past, says Helen Nicholls.
Barbara Smoker’s remarkable life should inspire us all
Posted: Thu, 17 Jan 2019