Tags: Faith schools

Most maintained rural primary schools are faith schools, data shows

Most maintained rural primary schools are faith schools, data shows

The National Secular Society has again said the government should monitor faith-based impositions on school choice... Read More »

Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds

Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds

Almost three in ten families in England live in areas where most or all of the local primary schools are faith-based,... Read More »

Two councils may cut preferential transport to faith schools

Two councils may cut preferential transport to faith schools

Councils in north Wales and Greater Manchester are considering cutting public funding for transport schemes which... Read More »

Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious

Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious

England's schools adjudicator has said it is "reasonable" for two state-funded Orthodox Jewish schools to expect the... Read More »

Government warnings for five failing independent faith schools

Government warnings for five failing independent faith schools

Three Islamic schools and two Jewish schools are among nine independent schools which were issued with warning notices... Read More »

Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools

Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools

The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided faith schools, which can select all of their... Read More »

C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years

C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years

The National Secular Society has said a rapid rise in the number of children being taken to Church of England school... Read More »

Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education

Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education

The National Secular Society has told the Scottish government that it must not allow religious groups to undermine... Read More »

Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS

Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS

The National Secular Society has highlighted the risk that faith groups will continue to distort sex education in... Read More »

Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims

Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims

A rabbi has called on Orthodox Jewish schools to resist requirements to teach evolution and about non-traditional... Read More »

New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims

New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims

Pupils should be taught about evolution, art, and sexual relationships and no child should be forced to wear a hijab,... Read More »

Three independent faith schools still open after multiple failures

Three independent faith schools still open after multiple failures

The National Secular Society has questioned why three independent faith schools remain open despite failing multiple... Read More »

Ten more independent faith schools issued warnings by DfE

Ten more independent faith schools issued warnings by DfE

An Islamic school that breached the Equality Act by treating boys and girls unequally was among 10 failing independent... Read More »

Let children make their own minds up about religion, says report

Let children make their own minds up about religion, says report

The National Secular Society has welcomed an academic report which calls on English state schools to raise children... Read More »

Ireland lifts discriminatory ‘baptism barrier’ in school admissions

Ireland lifts discriminatory ‘baptism barrier’ in school admissions

The Irish government has stopped Catholic primary schools and primary schools which have spare capacity from discriminating... Read More »

Scottish Catholic schools to marginalise children who don’t pray

Scottish Catholic schools to marginalise children who don’t pray

The National Secular Society has criticised a proposal to exclude children at Catholic schools in Scotland from nativity... Read More »

Replace RE with ‘religion and worldviews’, says commission

Replace RE with ‘religion and worldviews’, says commission

The National Secular Society has given a "qualified welcome" to a commission's recommendations to replace RE with... Read More »

NSS welcomes Lib Dem proposal to end faith schools in Scotland

NSS welcomes Lib Dem proposal to end faith schools in Scotland

The National Secular Society has welcomed a proposal by the Scottish Liberal Democrats to end sectarian schools by... Read More »

Scottish govt commits to faith schools despite religious decline

Scottish govt commits to faith schools despite religious decline

Scotland's education minister has told the National Secular Society his government has "no plans" to roll back religious... Read More »

Jewish school may place requirements on families, adjudicator rules

Jewish school may place requirements on families, adjudicator rules

A Jewish state school is not breaching the school admissions code by requiring families not to wear leather or lycra,... Read More »

NSS welcomes Ofsted head’s opposition to faith-based exemptions

NSS welcomes Ofsted head’s opposition to faith-based exemptions

The National Secular Society has welcomed the chief inspector of schools in England's expression of opposition to... Read More »

Consultation launched on relationship & sex education guidance

Consultation launched on relationship & sex education guidance

The government has launched a consultation on new statutory guidance and regulations intended to make Relationships... Read More »

High Court dismisses school religious designation review

High Court dismisses school religious designation review

The High Court has refused to grant a judicial review of a decision to merge a non-religious school into a Christian... Read More »

Investigation launched after weapons seized at independent faith school

Investigation launched after weapons seized at independent faith school

The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into Darul Uloom School London after the school's safeguarding... Read More »

Former education secretary renews call for reform of religion in schools

Former education secretary renews call for reform of religion in schools

Religious education should be replaced with a new national 'Religion, Belief and Values' subject, a former education... Read More »