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 »
Posted: Thu, 29 Jul 2021
The government has said it has no estimate of how many children are effectively forced into faith schools in England.
Posted: Thu, 29 Jul 2021
The NSS has welcomed moves to protect free speech in a Law Commission report on reforms to communications offences in England and Wales.
Posted: Wed, 28 Jul 2021
A committee of MPs has called for a register of home educated children in England, along with other measures long supported by the NSS.
Posted: Wed, 21 Jul 2021
The NSS has alerted the bodies which write advertising guidelines that new proposals may result in greater religious censorship.
Posted: Tue, 20 Jul 2021
An independent faith school has failed an inspection after a book calling for gay people to be killed was found in its library.
A coroner's report has laid bare the Church of England's cruel and scandalous handling of the case of Alan Griffin, who killed himself following unfounded accusations of child exploitation, says Keith...
Posted: Wed, 28 Jul 2021
The Church of England's new evangelical missional strategy should lead us to question its entitlement to proselytise in schools, argues Stephen Evans.
Posted: Thu, 22 Jul 2021
The Department for Education's protections for the secular community ethos of non-faith academies are inadequate. This enables a consolidation of religious control and undermines accountability, argues...
Posted: Tue, 13 Jul 2021
Islamic scripture is being used to justify attacks on women's rights in many countries. Secular law is a crucial defence – and shielding Islam from criticism undermines efforts to assert it, says...
Posted: Tue, 13 Jul 2021
A parliamentary group has removed provisions in its 'faith covenant' that prevent faith groups from proselytising when delivering public services. This leaves vulnerable people open to exploitation, says...
Posted: Mon, 12 Jul 2021