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Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2021
NSS research bank shows deep flaws in case for faith schools
A substantial new analysis of academic research has highlighted significant weaknesses in the arguments for state-funded faith schools.
Posted: Fri, 19 Feb 2021
Community school may be lost as faith-based provision is protected
Parents in Somerset could lose a community school as a result of special provisions which protect faith-based schooling.
Posted: Fri, 19 Feb 2021
Improve RSE in faith schools to curb forced marriage, campaigners say
Education around forced marriage should be included in mandatory RSE, including in independent faith schools, campaigners have said.
Posted: Thu, 18 Feb 2021
UK quizzed over collective worship law by UN
A United Nations committee has questioned laws which require collective worship in UK schools after the NSS raised the issue.
Posted: Thu, 11 Feb 2021
UN quizzes Ireland over institutional abuse and religious schooling
A UN committee has raised accountability for abuse in religious settings and access to secular schools in a report on Ireland.
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Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2021
As the Scottish government confirms funding for a new joint campus between a non-denominational school and a Catholic one, Neil Barber says ministers should instead seek a unified, secular education system....
Joint campuses are a cop out in efforts to tackle sectarianism
Posted: Wed, 03 Mar 2021
Alastair Lichten says a review of education provision in Northern Ireland must be willing to challenge entrenched religious interests to deliver on ambitions for a more efficient and inclusive system....
NI’s education review is a golden chance to take a stand for inclusion
Posted: Thu, 25 Feb 2021
A comprehensive new bank of academic research shows how shaky the main arguments for faith schools are, say its authors Steven Kettell and Rebecca Vernon.
The evidence against faith schools is overwhelming
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2021
NSS chief executive Stephen Evans was interviewed in a recent edition of Charlie Hebdo which marked six years since the attack on its staff. The interview is reproduced here in English.
"Being offended is the price we pay for living in a free society": NSS CEO talks to Charlie Hebdo
Posted: Thu, 14 Jan 2021