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Posted: Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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The NSS has called for an end to religious discrimination in schools to enhance fairness for children and young people.
Posted: Fri, 10 Sep 2021
Peers back bill to end compulsory worship in non-faith schools
A majority of peers have backed a bill to end the duty on non-faith schools in England and Wales to hold daily acts of Christian worship....
Posted: Mon, 23 Aug 2021
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Many families in England have little choice but a faith school and thousands are forced into faith schools against their wishes each year....
Posted: Fri, 20 Aug 2021
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The government has told the NSS that schools aren't permitted to replace religious worship with non-religious assemblies.
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Posted: Thu, 22 Jul 2021
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Posted: Tue, 13 Jul 2021
Comments from Ofsted's chief inspector highlight the need to help schools resist efforts to shut down teaching which reactionary religious groups deem controversial, says Alastair Lichten.
Schools must be supported against religious bullies
Posted: Wed, 07 Jul 2021
C of E proposals to increase its influence in FE colleges have little to do with education and more to do with reversing its declining numbers among young people, say Chris Higgins and Keith Sharpe.
The Church of England’s offensive in FE colleges must be resisted
Posted: Mon, 05 Jul 2021