Tags: Church of England
Survivors say Church hierarchy failing to lead on child abuse
Posted: Thu, 07 Dec 2017
Campaigners say the Archbishop of Canterbury is being "evasive" and failing to offer "clear leadership" over clerical child abuse. Read More »
C of E school services grow as congregations decline
Posted: Thu, 19 Oct 2017
The number of children attending Church of England services during school time has risen for at least the third consecutive year. Read More »
Donations fuel record C of E parish income
Posted: Tue, 17 Oct 2017
Income generated by Church of England parishes topped £1 billion for the first time in 2015. Read More »
Just 6% of British adults are practising Christians, survey finds
Posted: Fri, 15 Sep 2017
Only 6% of adults in Britain are practising Christians and very few of them decided to become Christians during adulthood, a survey has found. Read More »
NSS criticises Archbishops over clerical hostility to LGBT+ rights
Posted: Thu, 03 Aug 2017
The National Secular Society's Executive Director, Keith Porteous Wood, has criticised Church of England leaders for their record on gay rights after they spoke out on the subject. Read More »
Church of England 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop and failed victims, says report
Posted: Thu, 22 Jun 2017
The head of the Church of England, Justin Welby, has admitted that the Church "concealed" evidence of child abuse by a former bishop and failed to help his victims. Read More »
NSS calls for moratorium on Government funding of cathedrals
Posted: Tue, 16 May 2017
Following concerns raised by the National Secular Society, the UK spending watchdog has concluded that "improvements" were needed in the process the Government used to award vast sums of public money for cathedral repairs. Read More »
Secular schools ‘more appropriate than faith schools’ in diverse Britain
Posted: Mon, 06 Feb 2017
Pupils from Muslim backgrounds outnumber those from Christian families in more than 30 Church of England faith schools, according to a report in the Times. Read More »
Government must not prop up the Church of England, says NSS
Posted: Fri, 27 Jan 2017
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to allow the Church of England to find its own level of sustainability, in a response to a Government-led review. Read More »
NSS calls for UK's public spending watchdog to investigate state handouts to churches
Posted: Thu, 17 Nov 2016
The National Audit Office has been asked to scrutinise the significant sums of public money that the Government has handed out to wealthy religious organisations. Read More »
Church academy chain to close only secular school
Posted: Tue, 15 Nov 2016
A Church of England multi-academy trust is set to close the only non-faith school under its control. Read More »
CofE faith school to insist parents attend church for two years
Posted: Tue, 08 Nov 2016
A Church of England faith school in Heysham is considering changing its admissions policy to require parents to attend church for a much longer period to help secure a school place for their child. Read More »
Church of England to consider cutting requirement for regular services
Posted: Tue, 18 Oct 2016
The Church of England is considering steps to abandon its current national obligations by lifting the requirement to hold regular services. Read More »
Government is irresponsible to lavish more funds on Cathedrals when the Church can afford to pay
Posted: Tue, 09 Aug 2016
The National Secular Society has criticised the latest wave of taxpayer funding for cathedrals, after the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced £14.5 million for repairs. Read More »
Cruelty was normalised at Church of England children’s home, says report
Posted: Thu, 14 Jul 2016
An independent review into Kendall house, a children's home run by the Church of England, has reported "harrowing" findings where girls were sedated and abused. Read More »
NSS criticise Church plan to open 125 new free schools
Posted: Mon, 11 Jul 2016
The Church of England is planning to bid for control of more than one quarter of the new free schools announced by the Government. Read More »
Church ‘using academisation to increase religious influence in schools’
Posted: Fri, 17 Jun 2016
The NSS has written to the Department for Education over concerns that the Church of England is using academisation to strengthen its influence in schools – over the objections of school governors. Read More »
Church review into abusive Bishop refuses to explicitly consider bullying of victims in its Terms of Reference
Posted: Thu, 28 Apr 2016
A victim of clerical abuse has refused to give evidence to a Church review of the Bishop Peter Ball case, after it declined to explicitly mention intimidation of victims in its Terms of Reference. Read More »
NSS urges schools commissioner to reject church plan to control community schools
Posted: Tue, 05 Apr 2016
The National Secular Society has called on the Regional Schools Commissioner for the North of England to oppose plans for a Church of England takeover of four Newcastle schools. Read More »
NSS urges Government to fix the date for Easter now, not wait indefinitely for religious consensus
Posted: Wed, 23 Mar 2016
The NSS has urged the Government to fix the date for the Easter public holiday – warning that religious consensus is likely to take decades and may even be impossible. Read More »
