Tags: RSE
Schools told to take account of pupils’ religious background in RSE
Posted: Wed, 26 Jun 2019
The government will require schools in England to take pupils' "religious background" into account in lessons about relationships and sex. Read More »
Andrew Moffat to deliver Bradlaugh Lecture in Manchester
Posted: Wed, 19 Jun 2019
A teacher targeted by religious protesters for teaching about LGBT+ equality will speak at the National Secular Society's 2019 Bradlaugh Lecture. Read More »
School to investigate governor over LGBT "child abuse" comments
Posted: Tue, 11 Jun 2019
A school is investigating a governor who called LGBT-inclusive education "child grooming" in remarks first highlighted by the NSS. Read More »
Exposed: Orthodox Jewish schools’ plan to escape LGBT-inclusive RSE
Posted: Tue, 11 Jun 2019
Orthodox Jewish schools are planning to exploit loopholes to avoid teaching aspects of relationships & sex education, the NSS can reveal. Read More »
School governor calls LGBT-inclusive education “child grooming”
Posted: Wed, 05 Jun 2019
The NSS has criticised a school governor for calling inclusive education "child grooming" which "opens the door for sexual predators". Read More »
NSS warns of growing threat from religious anti-RSE campaigners
Posted: Wed, 29 May 2019
NSS research has highlighted the activities of an Islamic group campaigning against relationships and sex education. Read More »
DfE de-prioritises respect for difference in independent schools
Posted: Fri, 03 May 2019
The government has watered down requirements on independent schools to promote respect for difference in an apparent sop to religious groups. Read More »
NSS broadly welcomes changes to RE and RSE in Welsh curriculum
Posted: Wed, 01 May 2019
The National Secular Society has expressed broad support for reforms to the teaching of religion, relationships and sex which have been announced in the new curriculum for schools in Wales.
The curriculum includes an explicit reference to pupils learning about... Read More »
NSS urges support for teachers amid anti-LGBT protests and threats
Posted: Wed, 10 Apr 2019
The National Secular Society has urged the government to reconsider a requirement on schools to take pupils' "religious background" into account when teaching about relationships amid an escalating campaign against LGBT-inclusive education.
The NSS has written... Read More »
NSS expresses support for RE and RSE reform in Wales
Posted: Fri, 29 Mar 2019
The National Secular Society has expressed qualified support for proposed reforms to religious education and relationships and sexuality education (RSE) in Wales in response to two government consultations.
The responses came after the Welsh government proposed... Read More »
More schools suspend diversity teaching under Muslim pressure
Posted: Wed, 20 Mar 2019
Four more primary schools in Birmingham have stopped teaching lessons about diversity amid complaints from mainly Muslim parents about references to LGBT people.
The decision from Leigh Trust, which runs the schools, comes after a different school was forced... Read More »
Birmingham school suspends diversity lessons despite Ofsted backing
Posted: Thu, 14 Mar 2019
A school has suspended lessons about diversity amid objections from predominantly Muslim parents over references to LGBT people, despite backing for its curriculum from Ofsted inspectors.
Parkfield Community School in Birmingham, where almost all children are... Read More »
NSS welcomes updated guidance on relationships & sex education
Posted: Mon, 25 Feb 2019
The government has resisted religious pressure to extend parents' right to withdraw their children from relationships and sex education (RSE) in a move welcomed by the National Secular Society.
Draft guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) has removed... Read More »
Ofsted head defends relationships education amid religious pressure
Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2019
The chief inspector of England's schools has said all children should learn about same-sex couples amid increasingly loud religious campaigns against education about relationships and sex.
Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, told the BBC children should be... Read More »
NSS: DfE must stand up to religious bullying over sex education
Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2019
The National Secular Society has said the government should "not give ground" on relationships and sex education (RSE) in England's schools after highlighting the bigoted messages of religious anti-RSE campaigners.
An NSS investigation has exclusively revealed... Read More »
Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS
Posted: Wed, 07 Nov 2018
The National Secular Society has highlighted the risk that faith groups will continue to distort sex education in response to a government consultation over guidance for schools in England.
The NSS expressed its support for guidance which will require secondary... Read More »
Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims
Posted: Tue, 06 Nov 2018
A rabbi has called on Orthodox Jewish schools to resist requirements to teach evolution and about non-traditional relationships in the latest sign of defiance of the government and inspectors.
In an article published on EverywhereK, Mordechai Rose said the... Read More »
NSS welcomes Ofsted head’s opposition to faith-based exemptions
Posted: Fri, 27 Jul 2018
The National Secular Society has welcomed the chief inspector of schools in England's expression of opposition to faith-based "carve-outs" in regulations for independent schools.
In an interview this week with the JC, Amanda Spielman said the education watchdog... Read More »
Consultation launched on relationship & sex education guidance
Posted: Fri, 20 Jul 2018
The government has launched a consultation on new statutory guidance and regulations intended to make Relationships Education and Relationships & Sex Education (RSE) compulsory.
As the National Secular Society reported on Tuesday, the delay in bringing... Read More »
Comprehensive sex and relationship education delayed till at least 2020
Posted: Tue, 17 Jul 2018
Following mounting equivocation from DfE officials, and growing rumours, it has been confirmed that compulsory relationships and sex education (RSE) has been delayed from 2019 until 2020.
The Children and Social Work Act 2017 required the Government to bring... Read More »
