Tags: Faith Schools
Replace RE with ‘religion and worldviews’, says commission
Posted: Sun, 09 Sep 2018
The NSS has given a "qualified welcome" to recommendations to replace RE with a subject entitled 'Religion and Worldviews' and introduce a national entitlement to it. Read More »
NSS welcomes Lib Dem proposal to end faith schools in Scotland
Posted: Fri, 07 Sep 2018
The NSS has welcomed a proposal by the Scottish Liberal Democrats to pursue a "single secular model of state-funded education". Read More »
Scottish govt commits to faith schools despite religious decline
Posted: Tue, 14 Aug 2018
The Scottish government has told the NSS it has no plans to roll back faith schools as a poll shows Scots are becoming less religious. Read More »
Jewish school may place requirements on families, adjudicator rules
Posted: Thu, 09 Aug 2018
A state school is not breaching the school admissions code by placing demands on families' dress and behaviour, an adjudicator has ruled. Read More »
NSS welcomes Ofsted head’s opposition to faith-based exemptions
Posted: Fri, 27 Jul 2018
The NSS has welcomed the chief inspector of schools in England's expression of opposition to faith-based "carve-outs" in regulations for independent schools. Read More »
High Court dismisses school religious designation review
Posted: Wed, 18 Jul 2018
The High Court has refused to grant a judicial review of a decision to merge a non-religious school into a Christian one, resulting in a new faith school. Read More »
Investigation launched after weapons seized at independent faith school
Posted: Wed, 18 Jul 2018
The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into Darul Uloom School London after the school's safeguarding lead and headteacher were arrested related to firearms offences. Read More »
Former education secretary renews call for reform of religion in schools
Posted: Tue, 17 Jul 2018
Religious education should be replaced with a new national 'Religion, Belief and Values' subject, a former education secretary has recommended. Read More »
Head of faith school that hired terrorist banned from teaching
Posted: Thu, 12 Jul 2018
The head of an Islamic faith school that hired the London Bridge terrorist attack ringleader has been banned from teaching. Read More »
Church lobbies to make closing rural schools easier
Posted: Tue, 10 Jul 2018
Secular school campaigners have called for the Church of England to "give up some control" where flexibility may save some small rural schools. Read More »
Study: faith schools’ entry policies are complex and inconsistent
Posted: Fri, 06 Jul 2018
A study of faith schools in Leicester has said their complex admissions policies cause particular harm to disadvantaged families. Read More »
Mixed-sex schools shouldn’t segregate children, says DfE
Posted: Thu, 28 Jun 2018
Mixed-sex schools in England should not generally separate pupils by sex or faith, the government has said. Read More »
Ofsted: Jewish school failing on safety, curriculum and tolerance
Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018
Ofsted has deemed a state-funded Jewish school inadequate and strongly criticised its approach to safety, the curriculum and tolerance. Read More »
Scottish education union calls for entitlement to paid religious leave
Posted: Tue, 12 Jun 2018
Scotland's oldest teaching union has called for teachers from non-Christian faiths to be given paid leave on their faiths' holy days. 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 »
NSS says integration efforts should focus on common citizenship
Posted: Tue, 05 Jun 2018
The NSS has said the government should treat citizens as individuals and tackle the segregation faith schools cause to boost integration. Read More »
Parents protest imposition of religious status on Norfolk school
Posted: Fri, 25 May 2018
The NSS has backed parents who are protesting against the merger of a non-religious school into a Christian one in Norfolk. Read More »
Welsh faith schools will keep distorting sex education, NSS warns
Posted: Fri, 25 May 2018
Allowing Welsh faith schools to teach sex education through a religious lens will teach children to be ashamed, the NSS has warned. Read More »
NSS: joint campus rows show need to secularise Scottish education
Posted: Thu, 17 May 2018
The NSS has said calls for children to be segregated on joint campuses have shown the need to secularise education in Scotland. Read More »
Gov’t drops proposal to scrap 50% admissions cap – but plans discriminatory faith school expansion
Posted: Fri, 11 May 2018
The government has abandoned plans to lift the cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools in England – but will pave the way for a new wave of religiously selective faith schools. Read More »
