Most maintained rural primary schools are faith schools, data shows
Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2018
The NSS has reiterated concerns about parents' lack of access to secular schools in rural areas after an analysis of new official data. Read More »
Education secretary dismisses commission's call for RE reform
Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2018
The education secretary has dismissed calls for the reform of RE in England which were outlined in a major report from a commission. Read More »
Government “committed” to reviewing food labelling, peer says
Posted: Fri, 14 Dec 2018
The government has said it is "committed" to reviewing food labelling amid criticism of the sale of non-stun halal meat to Saudi Arabia. Read More »
Man fairly sacked over unauthorised religious absence, court rules
Posted: Thu, 13 Dec 2018
A man who took unauthorised absence to attend a course for Jehovah's Witnesses has seen his claim for unfair dismissal rejected. Read More »
Report highlights religious threat to global human rights
Posted: Mon, 10 Dec 2018
Blasphemy laws, supremacist ideologies, sectarianism, 'caste' systems and exclusionary laws are among the ways religion restricts human rights globally, according to a parliamentary group. Read More »
Home secretary urged not to adopt definition of ‘Islamophobia'
Posted: Sun, 09 Dec 2018
The NSS has urged the home secretary to resist calls to adopt a formal definition of 'Islamophobia' which have been put forward by a parliamentary group. Read More »
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 »
