Tags: Admissions
Lords committee: respect the law before “the values of others”
Posted: Thu, 19 Apr 2018
Public policy must put "respect for the law" before "respect for the values of others" and defend "the shared values of British citizenship", a House of Lords committee has said.
In a report published yesterday, the Lords select committee on citizenship and... Read More »
NSS criticises admissions policies that push parents into church
Posted: Tue, 17 Apr 2018
The NSS has responded to a poll which showed public disapproval of parents who 'cheat' the school admissions system. Read More »
18,000 children sent to faith schools against parental preference
Posted: Mon, 09 Apr 2018
More than 18,000 children were sent to faith schools against their parents' preferences in England this year, an NSS analysis has found. Read More »
Ireland plans to end religious discrimination in school admissions
Posted: Tue, 03 Apr 2018
The NSS has said the DfE should follow the lead of Irish ministers who plan to end a rule which encourages faith-based school admissions. Read More »
Priest’s certificate may be used for admissions, says regulator
Posted: Thu, 08 Feb 2018
Catholic schools may give pupils priority in admissions based on a certificate signed by a priest, a regulator has ruled. Read More »
NSS: education secretary must keep faith-based admissions cap
Posted: Tue, 09 Jan 2018
The NSS has urged Damian Hinds not to remove the 50% cap on religiously selective admissions to faith-based academies and free schools. Read More »
100% faith-based admissions leads to increased levels of segregation, says schools inspectorate
Posted: Mon, 24 Jul 2017
The chief inspector of schools has criticised Government proposals to allow some faith schools to select all of their pupils on the basis of faith and suggested the plans may be dropped. Read More »
New poll finds huge opposition to Government’s plans for more discriminatory faith schools
Posted: Tue, 30 May 2017
Government plans to allow new faith schools to discriminate on religious grounds by selecting all of their pupils on the basis of faith have attracted mass public opposition, a poll has found. Read More »
Sadiq Khan: Imperative that pupils from different backgrounds mix at school
Posted: Tue, 28 Mar 2017
Sadiq Khan has hit out at the Government's plans to allow total religiously-selective admissions in new free schools with a faith ethos. Read More »
Plans to increase discriminatory faith school admissions ‘reveals an alarming democratic deficit’
Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2016
The education secretary's power to relax faith school admissions without parliamentary approval or scrutiny reveals a disturbing democratic deficit, the National Secular Society has warned. Read More »
NSS calls for rethink over Government plans to relax faith schools admissions rules
Posted: Fri, 09 Sep 2016
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to rethink plans to allow new faith schools to select all of their pupils on the basis of faith. Read More »
Peers criticise “divisive influence” of faith schools
Posted: Thu, 12 May 2016
A House of Lords debate on school admissions has seen peers criticise segregation and division fed by faith schools and challenging Government plans to prevent civil society organisations from objecting to Admissions Code violations. Read More »
Cross-party call by MPs for more inclusive faith school admissions
Posted: Wed, 20 Apr 2016
A cross-party group of MPs has called on the Government to make faith school admissions more inclusive and bolster social cohesion. Read More »
Government announces clampdown on complaints about faith school admissions code violations
Posted: Mon, 25 Jan 2016
The NSS has warned that Government plans to stop secularist campaign groups from challenging the admissions processes of faith schools will enable faith schools to break the admissions code with impunity. Read More »
NSS urges Government to resist regressive demands to lift admissions cap on faith schools
Posted: Wed, 20 May 2015
The NSS has urged the Government to resist regressive demands to allow more discrimination in faith schools after it emerged the Catholic Education Service is lobbying "hard" to remove the cap on faith-based admissions to academies – and is hopeful that the Government will revisit the issue. Read More »
NSS backs parents allocated Sikh school against their wishes
Posted: Fri, 24 Apr 2015
The National Secular Society is supporting parents whose children have been allocated a Sikh ethos free school against their wishes. Read More »
Lib Dems back proposals to end compulsory worship and faith school discrimination against teachers
Posted: Tue, 07 Oct 2014
Liberal Democrats have voted in support of a motion to abolish compulsory worship in schools and to end religious discrimination against teachers in faith schools. Read More »
New Anglican schools to operate ‘open admissions’ policies
Posted: Wed, 11 Jun 2014
The Church of England's chief education officer has indicated that new CofE schools will adopt 'open admissions' policy but will still be "rooted in Christian heritage". Read More »
Schools adjudicator rejects religious discrimination complaint over community school admissions
Posted: Wed, 28 Aug 2013
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has rejected a complaint concerning a non-religiously designated academy in Solihull that gave priority in admissions to pupils from a religiously selective 'faith school'. Read More »
Concerns remain over non-religious Academy’s revised admissions policy
Posted: Sat, 13 Apr 2013
A non-religiously designated academy in Solihull that planned to give priority in admissions to pupils from two religiously selective 'faith' schools has revised its decision. Read More »
