Don’t extend selection in Catholic schools, NSS urges council

Posted: Mon, 30 Mar 2020

The NSS has urged Renfrewshire Council not to extend the priority given to baptised Catholic children for admission to Catholic schools. Read More »

NSS urges council not to replace community school with faith school

Posted: Wed, 26 Feb 2020

The NSS has warned Surrey County Council against a plan to turn a community school into a faith school. Read More »

NSS: council wrong over baptism certificates in school admissions

Posted: Mon, 17 Feb 2020

Renfrewshire Council plans to extend the priority given to children who are baptised Catholic for admission to Catholic schools. Read More »

Challenge to new Catholic school in Peterborough rejected

Posted: Thu, 13 Feb 2020

A challenge to a decision to open a new selective Catholic school has been rejected, despite strong backing from local residents. Read More »

NSS urges council to reduce funding for transport to faith schools

Posted: Wed, 12 Feb 2020

The NSS has urged Telford & Wrekin Council to end discretionary funding for transport to faith schools in response to a consultation. Read More »

NSS refused permission to challenge faith school expansion in Wales

Posted: Mon, 03 Feb 2020

The NSS has been refused permission for a judicial review against Vale of Glamorgan Council over a Church in Wales school's expansion. Read More »

NSS urges council not to approve discriminatory Catholic school

Posted: Thu, 23 Jan 2020

The NSS has urged Peterborough City Council not to approve plans to open a new religiously selective Catholic state school in the city. Read More »

Council set to approve discriminatory faith school in Peterborough

Posted: Fri, 17 Jan 2020

A new discriminatory Catholic primary school is expected to open in Peterborough after education officials recommended its approval. Read More »

Government dismissed concerns about Jewish school in sex ed scandal

Posted: Thu, 02 Jan 2020

The government dismissed concerns about community pressures at a school which has encouraged parents to withdraw children from RSE. Read More »

NSS warns against discriminatory new Catholic school in Peterborough

Posted: Fri, 20 Dec 2019

The NSS has urged Peterborough City Council not to approve plans to open a new discriminatory Catholic school in the east of the city. Read More »

Rule change may shut children out from non-faith schools in Surrey

Posted: Wed, 18 Dec 2019

The NSS has warned that changes to admissions rules in Surrey could restrict families' chances of sending children to non-faith schools. 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 »

20,000 children sent to faith schools against parental preferences

Posted: Mon, 30 Sep 2019

More than 20,000 children were sent to faith schools in England against their parents' preferences this month, NSS research has found. Read More »

NSS rallies opposition to new selective Catholic school

Posted: Thu, 12 Sep 2019

The NSS is resisting plans to open a religiously selective Catholic school in Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. Read More »

Schools told to take account of pupils’ religious background in RSE

Posted: Wed, 26 Jun 2019

The government will require schools in England to take pupils' "religious background" into account in lessons about relationships and sex. Read More »

NSS backs home school register to protect child rights

Posted: Fri, 21 Jun 2019

The NSS has backed a registration system for children who do not attend state-funded or registered independent schools. Read More »

Jewish school that segregates pupils fails inspection

Posted: Sat, 15 Jun 2019

A faith school that unlawfully segregates pupils has failed an inspection triggered by complaints. Read More »

NSS criticises decision to fund new discriminatory faith school

Posted: Fri, 14 Jun 2019

The National Secular Society has criticised government plans to fund a new religiously selective faith school in Peterborough. Read More »

School to investigate governor over LGBT "child abuse" comments

Posted: Tue, 11 Jun 2019

A school is investigating a governor who called LGBT-inclusive education "child grooming" in remarks first highlighted by the NSS. Read More »

Exposed: Orthodox Jewish schools’ plan to escape LGBT-inclusive RSE