Tags: RE
Broad consensus for reforming RE at NSS event
Experts have called for reform of the way religion and belief issues are taught in schools in England and Wales at... Read More »
Majority of Britons see religious studies as unimportant
The British public considers religious studies one of the least important subjects which secondary schools teach,... Read More »
Secularist conference to explore ‘21st Century RE for All’
The National Secular Society is to hold a one day conference on reform of religion and belief education in schools,... Read More »
Faith schools using RS IGCSE loophole to teach just one religion
The number of pupils being entered for a religious studies IGCSE exam which allows them to learn about only one religion... Read More »
Replace RE with new national entitlement, says NSS
The National Secular Society has called for a new national entitlement for religion and belief education in England... Read More »
'Life and society' classes to replace religious education in Luxembourg schools
Luxembourg has abolished religious teaching in schools, as part of the government's plan to separate church and state... Read More »
RE needs “strategic, urgent intervention”, says independent report
Religious education in England faces "a perilous future" unless it is subject to "strategic, urgent intervention",... Read More »
Schools sidelining RE, survey finds
The National Secular Society has called for a 'fundamental rethink' about religious education after new research revealed... Read More »
NSS calls for end to state funded ‘religiosity inspections’ in schools
The National Secular Society has called for Ofsted to inspect religious education in faith schools after research... Read More »
NSS rejects Church’s call for end to RE right to withdraw, without meaningful reform
The National Secular Society has said that Religious Education must be fundamentally reformed before the existing... Read More »
Pupils should have the same entitlement to religion and belief education - NSS tells RE Commission
Every pupil should have the same basic entitlement to non-partisan education about religion and belief, the National... Read More »
Government challenged over treatment of non-religious views in RE lessons
The Government has been challenged in the House of Lords over its approach to the inclusion of non-religious worldviews... Read More »
NSS: Religious Education must be reformed before ending parental opt-out
Religious education must be reformed before parents lose the option to remove their children from the subject, the... Read More »
NSS cautions against ‘moral panic’ over religious literacy
The National Secular Society has reiterated its support for improved religion and belief education in schools but... Read More »
Parliamentary RE group 'turning into a religious sect'
The founding chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on religious education has warned that the group... Read More »
Call to overhaul RE teaching and rename the subject
A review into Religious Education has called for fundamental reform of the subject, so that teaching reflects "the... Read More »
High Court rules against Education Secretary for leaving non-religious views out of new RE GCSE
The High Court has ruled in favour of three families who challenged the Education Secretary's exclusion of non-religious... Read More »
Secularists call for citizenship studies to include stronger focus on human rights
In a response to a Department for Education (DfE) consultation on draft changes to the GCSE citizenship studies subject... Read More »
National Secular Society welcomes call for faith schools to face Ofsted inspections of their religious teaching
The National Secular Society has welcomed calls from Labour's Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt for religious... Read More »
Survey reveals schools failing to take religious education seriously
A third of community schools and over a third of academies without a religious character are failing to meet their... Read More »
Head teacher apologises after ordering pupils to attend Islam awareness trip or face punishment for 'racism'
A head teacher has been forced to apologise after threatening to punish children for racism if they missed a religious... Read More »
NSS welcomes Ofsted analysis of the state of RE, but warns recommendations don't go far enough
The National Secular Society has welcomed a new analysis of the state of religious education in schools from the education... Read More »
Survey reveals RE as least useful subject on the curriculum
A new survey on life at school has revealed that RE is regarded as the least useful subject to learn.
The survey by... Read More »
Is this a true history of religious education or a rewriting of the facts?
Secularists and humanists in the 1960s and 1970s played a critical role in stopping religious education in schools... Read More »
Parliamentary inquiry claims religious education in schools is “poor”
A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education (APPG) has found that RE lessons are frequently... Read More »
