Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds
Posted: Sat, 08 Dec 2018
Almost three in ten families in England live in areas where most or all of the local primary schools are faith-based, new National Secular Society research has revealed. Read More »
NSS asks Google to remove Indonesian app for reporting blasphemy
Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2018
The NSS has asked Google to remove an app which enables Indonesians to report people they suspect of 'heresy' to the authorities. Read More »
Two councils may cut preferential transport to faith schools
Posted: Wed, 05 Dec 2018
Councils in Wales and Greater Manchester may cut funding for transport schemes which give children at faith schools special treatment. Read More »
Framing religion as intrinsically positive harms education, study warns
Posted: Wed, 05 Dec 2018
"Well-intentioned" RE teachers are undermining the subject by framing religion as intrinsically positive, academics have warned. Read More »
Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious
Posted: Tue, 04 Dec 2018
An adjudicator has said it is "reasonable" for Jewish state schools to expect applicants' families to observe strict religious practices. Read More »
Government warnings for five failing independent faith schools
Posted: Fri, 30 Nov 2018
Three Islamic schools and two Jewish schools are among nine independent schools which were issued with warning notices in October. Read More »
MP calls for mandatory reporting of child abuse during PMQs
Posted: Thu, 29 Nov 2018
The NSS has welcomed an MP's call for a law to require the reporting of suspected child abuse, including in the Church of England. Read More »
Labour peer raises case for disestablishment in Lords
Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2018
The NSS has reiterated its call for the disestablishment of the Church of England after a peer raised the subject in the House of Lords. Read More »
NSS questions charity links to Islamic TV channel under investigation
Posted: Fri, 23 Nov 2018
The NSS has questioned why a preacher who has said Muslims should be terrorists is a trustee of a registered charity. Read More »
CoE spent £40m of public money without proper scrutiny, NSS reveals
Posted: Thu, 22 Nov 2018
The government let the C of E spend £40m of taxpayers' money on cathedral repairs without proper scrutiny, NSS research has revealed. Read More »
NSS presses government on non-stun meat as schools row intensifies
Posted: Wed, 21 Nov 2018
The NSS has called on the government to act to end the supply of non-stun meat amid growing public opposition to its supply in schools. Read More »
Bishops’ place in Lords must be reviewed, say MPs
Posted: Mon, 19 Nov 2018
A committee of MPs has said the number of bishops in the House of Lords should be reviewed as part of proposals for Lords reform. Read More »
Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools
Posted: Thu, 15 Nov 2018
The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided schools, which can select all their children based on faith. Read More »
C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years
Posted: Wed, 14 Nov 2018
The NSS has said a rise in the number of children attending C of E school services should prompt "a separation of church and school". Read More »
NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC
Posted: Tue, 13 Nov 2018
The NSS has urged the BBC to uphold free expression and expressed concerns that new guidelines defer too much to religious sensitivities. Read More »
Greece takes major step towards disestablishment of Orthodox Church
Posted: Fri, 09 Nov 2018
Clerics in Greece's Orthodox Church will stop being civil servants, the country's government has announced. Read More »
Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education
Posted: Thu, 08 Nov 2018
The NSS has told the Scottish government it mustn't let religious groups undermine its commitment to LGBT-inclusive education. Read More »
Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS
Posted: Wed, 07 Nov 2018
The National Secular Society has highlighted the risk that faith groups will continue to distort sex education in response to a government consultation over guidance for schools in England.
The NSS expressed its support for guidance which will require secondary... Read More »
Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2018
A rabbi has called on Orthodox Jewish schools to resist requirements to teach evolution and about non-traditional relationships in the latest sign of defiance of the government and inspectors.
In an article published on EverywhereK, Mordechai Rose said the... Read More »
New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims
Posted: Mon, 05 Nov 2018
Pupils should be taught about evolution, art, and sexual relationships and no child should be forced to wear a hijab, says new guidance by a Muslim advocacy group. Read More »
