Tags: Collective Worship
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UK quizzed over collective worship law by UN
Posted: Thu, 18 Feb 2021
A United Nations committee has questioned laws which require collective worship in UK schools after the NSS raised the issue. Read More »
Regular C of E worshippers form less than 2% of England’s population
Posted: Mon, 12 Oct 2020
Fewer than 2% of people in England regularly worshipped at CoE churches in 2019, even though many children attended services for schools. Read More »
NSS welcomes bill to end compulsory worship in non-faith schools
Posted: Mon, 23 Dec 2019
The NSS has welcomed a bill that proposes to scrap compulsory religious worship in non-faith schools in England. Read More »
NSS to address legacy of 1944 Education Act in lecture
Posted: Thu, 12 Dec 2019
The NSS is to consider the impact of the law which brought hundreds of faith schools into the state sector in a lecture in February. Read More »
CoE trust to introduce alternative to worship after legal challenge
Posted: Wed, 20 Nov 2019
An academy trust will provide an inclusive alternative assembly for pupils withdrawn from collective worship after a legal challenge. Read More »
Parents challenge academy’s Christian assemblies in court
Posted: Mon, 29 Jul 2019
A couple have launched a legal challenge against a primary school over its use of Christian assemblies. 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 »
Let children make their own minds up about religion, says report
Posted: Wed, 10 Oct 2018
The NSS has welcomed an academic report which calls on English state schools to raise children in a religiously neutral manner. Read More »
Scottish Catholic schools to marginalise children who don’t pray
Posted: Mon, 24 Sep 2018
The NSS has criticised a plan to exclude children from nativity plays and fundraising if they are withdrawn from prayers. Read More »
NSS: Scottish worship law needs reform to protect children’s rights
Posted: Wed, 05 Sep 2018
The NSS has said the Scottish government should end compulsory religious observance in response to a new position on children's rights. Read More »
British public opposes religious influence in education, poll finds
Posted: Mon, 11 Jun 2018
British adults strongly oppose religious influence in school admissions, assemblies and RE teaching, an NSS-commissioned poll has found. Read More »
Welsh AMs to probe whether collective worship is compliant with human rights law
Posted: Thu, 29 Jun 2017
Two Welsh school students who launched a petition demanding the removal of the obligation on state schools to hold acts of worship have won support from a committee of AMs. Read More »
Welsh students launch petition against collective worship
Posted: Fri, 21 Apr 2017
Two Welsh school students have launched a petition calling on Welsh Assembly Members to end the obligation on schools to hold collective worship. Read More »
Scottish Government consults on religious observance, as poll shows majority favour reform
Posted: Thu, 05 Jan 2017
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on religious observance, following a court case last year and a poll from The Times which found a majority in favour of change. Read More »
Scottish Government to consult on religious observance guidance
Posted: Mon, 07 Nov 2016
Campaigners in Scotland have agreed to "pause" their legal action on religious observance in Scottish schools, pending a consultation by the Scottish Government. Read More »
Campaigns against school worship gain momentum in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Posted: Wed, 14 Sep 2016
The Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) has launched a judicial review against the Scottish Government following its refusal to allow sixth form pupils to opt themselves out of Religious Observance. Read More »
Open letter to Education Secretary: Government must respect children’s rights and abolish collective worship requirement
Posted: Fri, 17 Jun 2016
Thirty campaigners, including academics, MPs, peers and educators, have called on the Government to abolish the law requiring Christian worship in English schools, following criticism of the practice from the UN. Read More »
UN children’s rights Committee calls on UK to abolish compulsory worship in schools
Posted: Fri, 10 Jun 2016
A United Nations committee has urged the UK to repeal laws requiring the provision of 'broadly Christian' worship in UK schools. It also called for pupils to be given the independent right of withdrawal from any religious worship held in schools.
In a report... Read More »
Woolf Commission’s multifaithism 'completely at odds with the religious indifference that permeates British society'
Posted: Mon, 07 Dec 2015
The National Secular Society has criticised a new report on the role of religion and belief in public life for calling for a multi-faith approach "completely at odds with the religious indifference that permeates British society." Read More »
Review law on collective worship in schools, say academics
Posted: Fri, 13 Nov 2015
Senior academics have warned of "significant concerns" about the imposition of collective worship in non-religious schools – arguing that it may violate the right to freedom of religion and belief. Read More »
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