Tags: Faith schools

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NSS broadly welcomes changes to RE and RSE in Welsh curriculum

The National Secular Society has expressed broad support for reforms to the teaching of religion, relationships and... Read More »

Joan Bakewell

Peer raises shortage of religiously neutral schools in Lords debate

A peer has highlighted the shortage of religiously neutral schooling in England during a House of Lords debate, referencing... Read More »

Perth and Kinross Council

Council ends church officials’ education committee voting rights

The National Secular Society has welcomed a decision from a council in eastern Scotland to withdraw voting rights... Read More »

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NSS signs major letter against new fully selective faith schools

Leading public figures and campaigners including the National Secular Society have urged the government not to fund... Read More »

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NSS questions school’s discrimination against non-religious

The National Secular Society has questioned the legality of a policy at a school in North Yorkshire which requires... Read More »

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NSS urges support for teachers amid anti-LGBT protests and threats

The National Secular Society has urged the government to reconsider a requirement on schools to take pupils' "religious... Read More »

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Six independent faith schools warned over safeguarding failures

The government has warned six faith schools over their failures to meet safeguarding standards in its latest round... Read More »

Religious education

NSS expresses support for RE and RSE reform in Wales

The National Secular Society has expressed qualified support for proposed reforms to religious education and relationships... Read More »

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NSS to challenge new religiously selective faith school proposals

The government has announced details of proposals for 14 new faith schools which could select all their children on... Read More »

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More schools suspend diversity teaching under Muslim pressure

Four more primary schools in Birmingham have stopped teaching lessons about diversity amid complaints from mainly... Read More »

Faith schools

NSS leads call for national inquiry into school admissions

The National Secular Society has raised concerns about the impact of faith-based discrimination and segregation as... Read More »

Classroom

Birmingham school suspends diversity lessons despite Ofsted backing

A school has suspended lessons about diversity amid objections from predominantly Muslim parents over references to... Read More »

Sex education

NSS welcomes updated guidance on relationships & sex education

The government has resisted religious pressure to extend parents' right to withdraw their children from relationships... Read More »

Amanda Spielman

Ofsted head defends relationships education amid religious pressure

The chief inspector of England's schools has said all children should learn about same-sex couples amid increasingly... Read More »

Izzy Posen

Dissenting Orthodox Jew Izzy Posen to speak at Secularism 2019

The National Secular Society is pleased to announce that Izzy Posen, who dissented from his strict upbringing in an... Read More »

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Failing faith school harming pupils’ wellbeing, says Ofsted

An independent Jewish faith school in north London has been found 'inadequate' in all areas in an Ofsted inspection... Read More »

Stop RSE

NSS: DfE must stand up to religious  bullying over sex education

The National Secular Society has said the government should "not give ground" on relationships and sex education (RSE)... Read More »

Integrated Communities Action Plan

Government to crack down on illegal and failing independent schools

The National Secular Society has welcomed government plans to promote community integration by legislating against... Read More »

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School cancels play about evolution after Christian parents object

A school has cancelled a play about the discovery of evolution amid objections from Christian parents, leading the... Read More »

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Schools warned as parents refuse to let pupils speak to inspectors

The government has told independent schools that inspectors must be able to speak to pupils after a Jewish school... Read More »

EHRC

NSS calls on equality body to promote inclusive education

The National Secular Society has called on the body which enforces Britain's equality laws to back an "inclusive and... Read More »

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Council abandons review of discretionary faith school transport

The National Secular Society has criticised a council in north Wales for abandoning plans to review its provision... Read More »

Inclusive schools

NSS urges councils to resist religiously selective faith schools

The National Secular Society has urged councils to support inclusive schooling and not to open faith schools which... Read More »

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NSS writes to councillors over discretionary faith school transport

The National Secular Society has urged councillors in Wrexham in north Wales to take a decision on transport to faith... Read More »

Independent Jewish school that censors resources warned by DfE

Independent Jewish school that censors resources warned by DfE

An independent Orthodox Jewish school in north London that prevents pupils from gaining GCSEs by censoring resources... Read More »