Tags: Faith Schools
New Anglican schools to operate ‘open admissions’ policies
The Church of England's chief education officer has indicated that new CofE schools will adopt 'open admissions' policy... Read More »
NSS calls for statutory sex and relationship education in all schools, including those with faith-based ethos
The National Secular Society has called for age appropriate sex and relationship education (SRE) to be made a statutory... Read More »
Shadow education secretary sets out plans to tackle Islamist infiltration of schools
The shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, has called for more robust inspections to ensure all schools deliver... Read More »
Faith school allocation “inappropriate”, say parents
Families of children allocated places at Hindu faith school in the London Borough of Redbridge plan to appeal the... Read More »
Catholic school’s admissions policy leaves family in “turmoil”
Parents of a child refused a place at a state funded Catholic school have criticised the school over its admissions... Read More »
Scottish local authority plans to introduce discriminatory schools admissions policy
Falkirk Council has announced plans to change admissions policies for all its denominational (Roman Catholic) schools... Read More »
Children allocated places at Sikh academy offered alternatives – but faith school allocations continue to cause resentment
Parents who were allocated places at a controversial Sikh school against their wishes have all been found alternative... Read More »
Concerns over religious hardliners inspecting independent 'faith schools'
The National Secular Society has expressed concern that inspectors with extremist views are working for the body responsible... Read More »
NSS challenges Archbishop’s remarks over 'faith schools'
The National Secular Society has challenged the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, over his comments that Britain... Read More »
MPs call for Catholic schools to be given greater freedoms to discriminate in admissions
A number of Conservative MPs have called on the Government to scrap the 50% cap on faith based admissions to free... Read More »
Church of England School refuses parish council appeal to change faith-based admissions criteria
A Church of England school near Sevenoaks, Kent has refused an appeal by the local parish council to end discrimination... Read More »
NSS welcomes investigation into “extremist schools”
The National Secular Society has welcomed reports that Ofsted inspectors are to be sent to schools amid concerns that... Read More »
Faith school allocation may infringe human rights
Non-religious and Christian parents who have been allocated places for their children at a Sikh free school have argued... Read More »
Success! Exam regulator bans censorship of exam questions at faith schools
Faith schools will no longer be allowed to redact questions about evolution and reproduction from science exam papers... Read More »
Al-Madinah free school under scrutiny again
The education watchdog Ofsted will pay a further monitoring visit to the controversial Al-Madinah Muslim School in... Read More »
Derbyshire County Council scraps “faith school transport”; Bradford and Northumberland to follow soon?
Councillors at Derbyshire County Council have approved a proposal to cut free transport for pupils travelling to religious... Read More »
Church of England bids to open school on major new housing development
The Church of England is bidding to run the first primary school which will be built on a major new housing development... Read More »
Government response to exam censorship neglects children's independent interests, says the NSS
The National Secular Society has accused the Government of neglecting the best interests of children after it refused... Read More »
Muslim state schools ordered not to discriminate on the basis of gender
Following concerns raised by the National Secular Society three Muslim state schools have been told not to discriminate... Read More »
Government complicit in redaction of exam questions
The National Secular Society has discovered that exam boards, the exam regulator and the government have been colluding... Read More »
Concerns raised over sex discrimination against teachers in Muslim schools
The National Secular Society has warned that the proliferation of religious schools could be opening the door to gender... Read More »
Study reveals teens' views on faith and Religious Education
New research findings from the Youth On Religion (YOR) study, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and... Read More »
Study reveals teens' views on faith and Religious Education
Young people in multi-faith areas favour multi-faith over single-faith schools. They also value religious education but want to see changes in its content and delivery. Read More »
Cornwall consults on scrapping free transport to religious schools
Cornwall County Council is under fire for considering the removal of subsidies for transport of pupils to religious... Read More »
Britain’s first state-funded Hindu school plans large-scale expansion
Britain's only state-funded Hindu school, located in Harrow Middlesex, is planning a large-scale expansion which will... Read More »
