Tags: Inspections
Scrap faith groups’ inspections of schools, says NSS report
Posted: Tue, 27 Apr 2021
Inspections of state schools which are carried out by religious groups are inappropriate and should be scrapped, an NSS report has said. Read More »
Ofsted’s new inspection framework returns focus to inclusion
Posted: Fri, 17 May 2019
The NSS has welcomed a commitment to inclusion in an updated school inspection framework for 2019 from the education watchdog Ofsted. Read More »
Replace RE with ‘religion and worldviews’, says commission
Posted: Sun, 09 Sep 2018
The NSS has given a "qualified welcome" to recommendations to replace RE with a subject entitled 'Religion and Worldviews' and introduce a national entitlement to it. Read More »
NSS renews call to end faith schools’ ‘religiosity inspections’
Posted: Tue, 08 May 2018
The NSS has asked the government to stop funding religious inspections of faith schools amid C of E plans to make them more rigorous. Read More »
NSS calls for end to state funded ‘religiosity inspections’ in schools
Posted: Wed, 21 Jun 2017
The NSS has called for Ofsted to inspect RE in faith schools after research revealed that millions of pounds of public money has been paid to religious organisations to carry out additional inspections of denominational RE. Read More »
