Tags: Faith Schools
Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools
Posted: Thu, 15 Nov 2018
The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided schools, which can select all their children based on faith. 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 »
Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education
Posted: Thu, 08 Nov 2018
The NSS has told the Scottish government it mustn't let religious groups undermine its commitment to LGBT-inclusive education. Read More »
Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS
Posted: Wed, 07 Nov 2018
The NSS has highlighted the risk that faith groups will continue to distort sex education in response to a government consultation. Read More »
New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims
Posted: Mon, 05 Nov 2018
Pupils should be taught about evolution, art, and sexual relationships and no child should be forced to wear a hijab, says new guidance by a Muslim advocacy group. 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 »
Ireland lifts discriminatory ‘baptism barrier’ in school admissions
Posted: Thu, 04 Oct 2018
The Irish government has stopped primary schools from discriminating on religious grounds in admissions in almost all cases. 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The NSS has criticised a plan to exclude children from nativity plays and fundraising if they are withdrawn from prayers.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 »
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 »
