Tags: Religious education
Religious Education – special pleading increases in volume
Posted: Thu, 14 Feb 2013
The Catholic Education Service (CES) for England and Wales has reiterated concerns that Religious Education will remain relegated among academic subjects, after plans to introduce the English Baccalaureate were scrapped. Read More »
Majority want secular state schooling – while RE declines
Posted: Wed, 30 Jan 2013
The majority of British people want state-funded schools to be secular, a recent YouGov poll has revealed. Read More »
NSS questions new report on Religious Education
Posted: Mon, 26 Nov 2012
A new report from Oxford University, which says that teachers are afraid to teach religious education in case they are perceived as "evangelising", has been questioned today by the National Secular Society. Read More »
Vested interest claims schools are flouting RE legal obligations
Posted: Fri, 05 Oct 2012
According to the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education (NATRE), a third of secondary schools in England and Wales are not meeting legal requirements for teaching religious education. Read More »
Michael Gove personally killing RE, say enthusiasts for RE
Posted: Thu, 05 Jan 2012
The chairman of the Religious Education Council for England and Wales, John Keast, has accused the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, of dismantling religious education in schools. Read More »