Tags: Faith Schools
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 »
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 make it one of the largest "faith schools" in the country. Read More »
Edinburgh secularists challenge religious privilege in Scotland’s education system
Edinburgh Secular Society (ESS) has presented its case for the removal of unelected religious representatives on local... Read More »
Church takeover of community school blocked by local authority
Plans to convert a Suffolk community school to a Church of England voluntary aided school have been blocked by Suffolk... Read More »
Educate Together to open first UK school
The Irish-based educational charity Educate Together has announced it is to set up an Academy Trust to run a new primary... Read More »
NSS intervenes in bid to prevent Church takeover of Suffolk community school
The National Secular Society is assisting local parents to block a proposal to convert a Suffolk community school... Read More »
New research reveals socio-economic segregation impact of faith schools
New research published by the Fair Admissions Campaign has highlighted the extent to which faith-based admissions... Read More »
Report says governors at “chaotic” Muslim free school have been told to resign or school will be closed
The Derby Telegraph is reporting that the governors at the Al-Madinah Muslim free school have been told to step down... Read More »
Deadline approaches for changes at Al-Madinah school
The Al-Madinah free school in Derby will be told this week that it must replace its board of governors or have its... Read More »
Welsh churches protest over proposals to cut transport to faith schools
Despite the fact that Wales is being particularly badly affected by the current economic downturn, churches in the... Read More »
Church of England anticipates big expansion of its schools nationwide
The Church Times has reported this week that there is to be a large-scale expansion of Church of England schools across... Read More »
Lancashire church leaders unhappy at proposal to increase parents’ contribution to faith school transport costs
Lancashire County Council is under fire from church leaders who accuse them of planning to "penalise" parents who... Read More »
Bill submitted to Scottish Parliament that would abolish religious representatives on education committees
An independent Member of the Scottish Parliament, John Finnie, has given his support to a campaign to remove the legal... Read More »
Secularists urge Scottish Government to remove non-elected religious reps from school boards
Edinburgh Secular Society (ESS) has lodged a petition with the Scottish Parliament calling for an end to the legal... Read More »
Ofsted report finds Al-Madinah school “dysfunctional”
A damning Ofsted report has found the Al-Madinah Muslim free school in Derby to be "dysfunctional" and "inadequate"... Read More »
Jewish faith school caught censoring questions on science exam papers
A state funded Jewish faith school has been caught blacking out questions on science exam papers.
The Oxford, Cambridge... Read More »
Al-Madinah Muslim free school threatened with closure
Derby's Al-Madinah Muslim free school has been ordered to take "swift action" to address concerns over the way it... Read More »
Controversial Muslim free school closed by Ofsted
The Muslim free school at the centre of controversy over the past few weeks has been closed after school inspection... Read More »
Somerset council proposing to end bus privileges for children attending faith schools
Somerset County Council is proposing to reduce subsidies for transport to faith schools in order to bring them into... Read More »
Opinion poll shows big opposition to faith schools
A new, large scale opinion poll shows that a majority of people in Great Britain are against Government funding of... Read More »
More revelations about the Derby Muslim free school
More revelations have been revealed by The Sunday Times about the Al-Madinah school in Derby — Britain's first... Read More »
Non-Muslim women teachers being forced to wear hijabs at Derby free school
The Derby Telegraph is reporting that a Muslim free school that was set up as being "based on Muslim principles, but... Read More »
Thurrock is latest council to charge for transport to faith schools
Thurrock Council in Essex is the latest to decide that it will no longer fund transport for pupils attending faith... Read More »