Tags: Fifty percent cap
Gov’t drops proposal to scrap 50% admissions cap – but plans discriminatory faith school expansion
Posted: Fri, 11 May 2018
The government has abandoned plans to lift the cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools in England – but will pave the way for a new wave of religiously selective faith schools. Read More »
NSS: government must listen to Greening on faith-based admissions
Posted: Tue, 24 Apr 2018
The NSS has said the government must reconsider expanding faith-based school admissions after a former education secretary's criticisms. Read More »
NSS criticises admissions policies that push parents into church
Posted: Tue, 17 Apr 2018
The NSS has responded to a poll which showed public disapproval of parents who 'cheat' the school admissions system. Read More »
Ireland plans to end religious discrimination in school admissions
Posted: Tue, 03 Apr 2018
The NSS has said the DfE should follow the lead of Irish ministers who plan to end a rule which encourages faith-based school admissions. Read More »
NSS leads protest against plans to lift faith-based admissions cap
Posted: Wed, 21 Feb 2018
The NSS has led a protest outside Parliament against plans to extend religious discrimination in school admissions. Read More »
NSS: education secretary must keep faith-based admissions cap
Posted: Tue, 09 Jan 2018
The NSS has urged Damian Hinds not to remove the 50% cap on religiously selective admissions to faith-based academies and free schools. Read More »
100% faith-based admissions leads to increased levels of segregation, says schools inspectorate
Posted: Mon, 24 Jul 2017
The chief inspector of schools has criticised Government proposals to allow some faith schools to select all of their pupils on the basis of faith and suggested the plans may be dropped. Read More »
New poll finds huge opposition to Government’s plans for more discriminatory faith schools
Posted: Tue, 30 May 2017
Government plans to allow new faith schools to discriminate on religious grounds by selecting all of their pupils on the basis of faith have attracted mass public opposition, a poll has found. Read More »
NSS urges Government to abandon plans to expand religious selection
Posted: Mon, 12 Dec 2016
The NSS has responded to the Government's consultation on plans to remove the faith based free-school admission cap and criticised alternative measures to promote integration as "ineffective and tokenistic". Read More »
Last chance to speak out against the Government’s faith school expansion plans
Posted: Thu, 08 Dec 2016
The Government's consultation on plans to open more faith schools and allow them to select up to 100% of their pupils on religious grounds is coming to a close very soon. Read More »
Plans to increase discriminatory faith school admissions ‘reveals an alarming democratic deficit’
Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2016
The education secretary's power to relax faith school admissions without parliamentary approval or scrutiny reveals a disturbing democratic deficit, the National Secular Society has warned. Read More »
Government launches consultation on abolishing faith school admissions cap
Posted: Tue, 13 Sep 2016
The Government has launched a consultation on plans to abolish the admission cap on faith schools, which currently limits religious discrimination in the admissions policies of new faith schools. Read More »
NSS calls for inquiry into Government’s faith schools admissions reform
Posted: Tue, 13 Sep 2016
The National Secular Society has written to the chair of the Education Select Committee, calling for an inquiry into the Government's plans to abolish the 50% cap on faith-based admissions to free schools. Read More »
NSS calls for rethink over Government plans to relax faith schools admissions rules
Posted: Fri, 09 Sep 2016
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to rethink plans to allow new faith schools to select all of their pupils on the basis of faith. Read More »
NSS urges Government to resist regressive demands to lift admissions cap on faith schools
Posted: Wed, 20 May 2015
The NSS has urged the Government to resist regressive demands to allow more discrimination in faith schools after it emerged the Catholic Education Service is lobbying "hard" to remove the cap on faith-based admissions to academies – and is hopeful that the Government will revisit the issue. Read More »
