Tags: Faith Schools
Faith schools accused of blocking NHS sexual health experts from the classroom
Roman Catholic and Muslim faith schools in Blackburn have been accused of stopping the NHS Community Education Sexual... Read More »
BBC Trust upholds NSS complaint over conflation of race and religion
The National Secular Society has welcomed a ruling from the BBC Trust upholding its complaint over the way in which... Read More »
Jewish faith school’s admission policy amounts to “discrimination on the basis of race”
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA) has instructed two Jewish faith schools to revise their admissions policies... Read More »
Government forces local authority to hand over £1 million site to 'Sikh ethos free school'
Leeds City Council has been ordered to hand over a former primary school site worth almost £1 million to enable... Read More »
Schools Minister writes to Rabbi over advice to avoid science questions at Jewish faith school
The Minister for Schools, David Laws MP, has written to the principal of Yesodey Hatorah, an Orthodox Jewish school,... Read More »
DfE issues new guidance for promoting “fundamental British values”
The Department for Education (DfE) has published new guidance for schools on the promotion of "fundamental British... Read More »
Ofsted reveals “serious risk” to students’ physical and educational welfare in faith schools
A series of Ofsted investigations have exposed serious failings in six Islamic schools. The head of Ofsted, Sir Michael... Read More »
Promotion of 'British values' undermines Christian teaching, says Church of England: NSS responds
The Church of England has complained that the promotion of fundamental values such as democracy, the rule of law,... Read More »
NSS alert Ofsted after Jewish faith school tells pupils not to answer exam questions that conflict with school’s religious ethos
The National Secular Society has called on Ofsted and the Department for Education (DfE) to ensure that all schools... Read More »
National Secular Society welcomes call for faith schools to face Ofsted inspections of their religious teaching
The National Secular Society has welcomed calls from Labour's Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt for religious... Read More »
European Commission dismisses NSS complaint over employment discrimination in faith schools
The European Commission has announced it will take no further action against the UK Government after investigating... Read More »
Tory MP calls for all sex education to be scrapped
During a debate introducing the Sex and Relationships Education (Curriculum) Bill to parliament this week, Conservative... Read More »
Ofsted denies ‘bullying and traumatising’ Jewish pupils
Ofsted has denied claims that it acted inappropriately after an association of Orthodox schools accused it of leaving... Read More »
Lib Dems back proposals to end compulsory worship and faith school discrimination against teachers
Liberal Democrats have voted in support of a motion to abolish compulsory worship in schools and to end religious... Read More »
Anger as non-Catholics forced off the school bus
Parents in Flintshire have complained of religious discrimination after it emerged that non-Catholics wouldn't be... Read More »
Church school allocation angers non-religious parents
Non-religious parents in St Albans have been told by the local authority that the only state education they can offer... Read More »
Church school allocation angers non-religious parents
Non-religious parents in St Albans have been told by the local authority that the only state education they can offer their children is at a faith school. Read More »
Christian group threatens DfE with legal action over school equality standards
A Christian lobby group is threatening the Government with a judicial review over its plans to introduce new standards... Read More »
Education secretary to cut public funding to nurseries promoting 'extremist views' – including creationism
The Government has announced plans to cut public funding to nurseries that teach creationism as scientific fact or... Read More »
NSS responds to Government consultation on school standards and 'British values'
The National Secular Society has backed Government plans to tackle religious extremism in schools by reinforcing principles... Read More »
Claim that children's religious freedoms breached by scrapping of free transport to faith schools rejected by secularists
A Conservative Assembly Member for South Wales has claimed that by not providing free transport to faith schools local... Read More »
Turkish mother’s insult at Greek orthodox faith school allocation
A Turkish Cypriot parent from London has branded the offer of a Greek orthodox faith based free school to her son... Read More »
Parents told faith school or no school by local council
Eleven children whose parents refused places at a Hindu faith school in the London borough of Redbridge have been... Read More »
Ofsted withdraws 'discriminatory' guidance on inspecting faith schools
Ofsted has told the National Secular Society that it is updating its guidance on inspecting 'faith schools' following... Read More »
Ofsted guidance on inspecting faith schools reveals “disturbing capitulation to religious demands”
The National Secular Society has accused Ofsted of "capitulating to oppressive religious demands" after the schools... Read More »
