Tags: Religious education
Broad consensus for reforming RE at NSS event
Posted: Wed, 18 Apr 2018
Experts have called for reform of the way religion and belief issues are taught at an event hosted by the NSS. Read More »
Majority of Britons see religious studies as unimportant
Posted: Thu, 15 Feb 2018
The British public considers religious studies one of the least important subjects which secondary schools teach, according to a poll. Read More »
Secularist conference to explore ‘21st Century RE for All’
Posted: Thu, 11 Jan 2018
The National Secular Society is to hold a one day conference on reform of religion and belief education in schools, with speakers to include Prof. A. C. Grayling. Read More »
Faith schools using RS IGCSE loophole to teach just one religion
Posted: Thu, 07 Dec 2017
The number of pupils being entered for an RS IGCSE exam which allows them to learn about only one religion rose by 40% last year. Read More »
Replace RE with new national entitlement, says NSS
Posted: Mon, 04 Dec 2017
The NSS has called for a new national entitlement for religion and belief education in England to ensure all pupils learn about a diversity of religious and non-religious worldviews. Read More »
'Life and society' classes to replace religious education in Luxembourg schools
Posted: Wed, 27 Sep 2017
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
Posted: Thu, 21 Sep 2017
Religious education in England faces "a perilous future" unless it is subject to "strategic, urgent intervention", according to a report. Read More »
Schools sidelining RE, survey finds
Posted: Sun, 17 Sep 2017
The NSS has called for a 'fundamental rethink' about religious education after research showed that many English schools are not offering the subject. 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 »
NSS rejects Church’s call for end to RE right to withdraw, without meaningful reform
Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2017
The National Secular Society has said that Religious Education must be fundamentally reformed before the existing right to withdraw children from RE can be removed. Read More »
Pupils should have the same entitlement to religion and belief education - NSS tells RE Commission
Posted: Mon, 13 Feb 2017
Every pupil should have the same basic entitlement to non-partisan education about religion and belief, the National Secular Society has said in a submission to the Commission on Religious Education. Read More »
Government challenged over treatment of non-religious views in RE lessons
Posted: Thu, 30 Jun 2016
The Government has been challenged in the House of Lords over its approach to the inclusion of non-religious worldviews in religious education. Read More »
NSS: Religious Education must be reformed before ending parental opt-out
Posted: Tue, 03 May 2016
Religious education must be reformed before parents lose the option to remove their children from the subject, the NSS has said, after head teachers voted to make RE compulsory. Read More »
NSS cautions against ‘moral panic’ over religious literacy
Posted: Fri, 15 Apr 2016
The National Secular Society has reiterated its support for improved religion and belief education in schools but warned that concerns over poor 'religious literacy' are being used as a Trojan horse to elevate religion's status in public life. Read More »
Parliamentary RE group 'turning into a religious sect'
Posted: Wed, 06 Apr 2016
The founding chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on religious education has warned that the group has been taken-over by religious "fundamentalists". Read More »
Call to overhaul RE teaching and rename the subject
Posted: Fri, 27 Nov 2015
A review into Religious Education has called for fundamental reform of the subject, so that teaching reflects "the real religious landscape" of the UK – with content including a "broad range" of religious and non-religious views. Read More »
High Court rules against Education Secretary for leaving non-religious views out of new RE GCSE
Posted: Wed, 25 Nov 2015
The High Court has ruled in favour of three families who challenged the Education Secretary's exclusion of non-religious worldviews from the new RE GCSE syllabus. Read More »
National Secular Society welcomes call for faith schools to face Ofsted inspections of their religious teaching
Posted: Thu, 30 Oct 2014
The National Secular Society has welcomed calls from Labour's Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt for religious teaching in faith schools to be inspected by Ofsted. Read More »
Survey reveals schools failing to take religious education seriously
Posted: Fri, 29 Nov 2013
A third of community schools and over a third of academies without a religious character are failing to meet their legal or contractual agreements to provide religious education. Read More »
Head teacher apologises after ordering pupils to attend Islam awareness trip or face punishment for 'racism'
Posted: Sat, 23 Nov 2013
A head teacher has been forced to apologise to parents after threatening to punish children for racism if they missed a religious awareness workshop. Read More »
