NSS leads call for national inquiry into school admissions
Posted: Tue, 19 Mar 2019
The NSS has raised concerns about faith-based discrimination and segregation and called for an inquiry into school admissions in England. Read More »
Over 12,000 charities exist only to promote religion, NSS reveals
Posted: Mon, 18 Mar 2019
Over 12,000 charities exist solely to promote religion with some using public money to promote extremism and harmful practices, a new National Secular Society report has revealed. Read More »
Former ‘pope in waiting’ jailed for child sexual abuse
Posted: Fri, 15 Mar 2019
The Vatican's ex-treasurer George Pell has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for sexual activity with children in Australia. Read More »
Birmingham school suspends diversity lessons despite Ofsted backing
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2019
A school has suspended lessons about diversity amid objections from predominantly Muslim parents. Read More »
NSS queries faith requirement for government fertility regulator job
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2019
The NSS has questioned a government advert which sought a board member for a fertility regulator "from a faith background". Read More »
Nick Cohen & Pragna Patel to address free speech at Secularism 2019
Posted: Wed, 13 Mar 2019
Nick Cohen and Pragna Patel will address the subject of freedom of expression at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
Senior French Catholic cardinal convicted of covering up abuse
Posted: Fri, 08 Mar 2019
The most senior Catholic official in France, the archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin, has been convicted of covering up sexual abuse. Read More »
Campaigners renew offer to fund Sunday swimming on Lewis
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2019
A community group has renewed an offer to pay for Sunday openings of a leisure centre on the Isle of Lewis amid Sabbatarian opposition. Read More »
NSS calls on NSPCC to reconsider its position on genital cutting
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2019
The NSS has called on the NSPCC to reconsider its position on non-therapeutic male circumcision after it defended the practice. Read More »
Out-of-school settings code should be mandatory, NSS tells DfE
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2019
The NSS has said a code of practice for out-of-school educational settings should be mandatory in response to a government consultation. Read More »
NSS: government must support schools which promote LGBT equality
Posted: Tue, 05 Mar 2019
The NSS has urged the government to support a school in Birmingham which is under pressure to stop teaching lessons on LGBT equality. Read More »
Doctors’ body: consider parents’ religion on infant genital cutting
Posted: Wed, 27 Feb 2019
The NSS has criticised the British Medical Association for giving "vague" advice to doctors on the ethics of infant circumcision. Read More »
ECJ: non-stun slaughter breaches ‘highest welfare standards’
Posted: Tue, 26 Feb 2019
Meat from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning cannot be labelled organic because of animal welfare concerns, an EU court has found. Read More »
NSS welcomes updated guidance on relationships & sex education
Posted: Mon, 25 Feb 2019
The government has resisted religious pressure to extend parents' right to withdraw their children from relationships and sex education. Read More »
Protect free speech, NSS tells Scottish review of hate crime laws
Posted: Fri, 22 Feb 2019
The NSS has urged the Scottish government to protect free speech and abolish blasphemy laws as it considers proposals on hate crime. Read More »
Ofsted head defends relationships education amid religious pressure
Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2019
The chief inspector of England's schools has said all children should learn about same-sex couples. Read More »
Jewish nursery which sacked cohabiting woman partially wins appeal
Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2019
The NSS has criticised a ruling that a woman who was sacked for living with her boyfriend did not suffer religious discrimination. Read More »
Dissenting Orthodox Jew Izzy Posen to speak at Secularism 2019
Posted: Wed, 20 Feb 2019
Izzy Posen, who dissented from his upbringing in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, will speak at the NSS's Secularism 2019 conference. Read More »
Failing faith school harming pupils’ wellbeing, says Ofsted
Posted: Mon, 18 Feb 2019
An independent Jewish faith school in London has been found 'inadequate' in all areas after an inspection uncovered a litany of failures. Read More »
NSS: DfE must stand up to religious bullying over sex education
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019
The NSS has highlighted the bigoted messages of religious anti-RSE campaigners. Read More »
