Tags: Faith Schools
Diverse schools needed to breakdown worsening ethnic segregation
Parents should be encouraged to place pupils in "diverse schools" to help tackle growing ethnic segregation, a major... Read More »
Plans to increase discriminatory faith school admissions ‘reveals an alarming democratic deficit’
The education secretary's power to relax faith school admissions without parliamentary approval or scrutiny reveals... Read More »
Scottish secularists challenge unelected church-appointees on Local Authority Education Committees
The Scottish Secular Society has launched a petition challenging the lack of democratic accountability in Local Authority... Read More »
NSS calls on Parliament not to ignore religious infringement on children’s rights
In a submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the National Secular Society warned that religion's role in... Read More »
Faith school pupils punished for not attending mass
A group of non-Catholic students in a Scottish school have been punished with a week's worth of detentions after they... Read More »
Protect the rights of the non-religious in education, says British Institute of Human Rights
The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has endorsed several recommendations made by the National Secular Society,... Read More »
Former deputy chair of NI education committee says teaching evolution ‘corrupts children’
Thomas Buchanan, a DUP MLA, has endorsed an event which seeks to teach creationism to children and said creationism... Read More »
UK must honour equality and human rights obligations, NSS tells UN
The National Secular Society has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to recommend to the UK Government that... Read More »
Government launches consultation on abolishing faith school admissions cap
The Government has launched a consultation on controversial plans to abolish the 50% admission cap on faith schools,... Read More »
NSS calls for inquiry into Government’s faith schools admissions reform
The National Secular Society has written to Neil Carmichael MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee, calling for... Read More »
NSS calls for rethink over Government plans to relax faith schools admissions rules
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to rethink plans to allow new faith schools to select all of... Read More »
Sex education should be mandatory to help prevent child abuse, says former Solicitor General
Former Solicitor General Vera Baird QC, the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, considers that compulsory PSHE... Read More »
Local councils lose challenge against unwanted Sikh free school
Two councils have lost a high court battle against the decision to have a Sikh faith school situated in the small... Read More »
NSS criticise Church plan to open 125 new free schools
The Church of England is planning to bid for control of more than one quarter of the new free schools announced by... Read More »
Parents protest against religious discrimination in Irish schools
Irish parents demonstrated over the weekend for reform to the country's school admissions – in an education... Read More »
Reading Council proposes end to faith school travel subsidy
Reading Borough Council has opened a consultation on a proposal to end taxpayer funding for parents who opt to send... Read More »
Church ‘using academisation to increase religious influence in schools’
The National Secular Society has written to the Department for Education over concerns that the Church of England... Read More »
Inclusive schools needed to tackle radicalisation, says European Commission
The European Commission has called for inclusive education to help tackle radicalisation across the continent.
Preventing... Read More »
UN children’s rights Committee calls on UK to abolish compulsory worship in schools
A United Nations committee has urged the UK to repeal laws requiring the provision of 'broadly Christian' worship... Read More »
NSS criticises council proposal to expand faith school provision
The National Secular Society has called on Milton Keynes Council to rethink plans to meet increasing demand for school... Read More »
Discriminatory faith school bus policy “under review”
The National Secular Society (NSS) has welcomed news from Telford and Wrekin Council that its discriminatory school... Read More »
Faith school pupil not allowed on council-run ‘Christian only’ bus
The National Secular Society has urged a local authority to review its school transport policy after a pupil was told... Read More »
NSS: Efforts to better integrate religious minorities must include a reappraisal of faith schools
The National Secular Society has welcomed comments from Trevor Phillips calling for the "active integration" of religious... Read More »
Independent Islamic schools undermining British values with gender segregation, says Ofsted
Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned that leaders in some independent Islamic schools are continuing to undermine British... Read More »
Academisation plans risk increasing religious influence in schools, warns NSS
The National Secular Society has warned that Government plans to convert all schools in England into academies could... Read More »
