Tags: Religious education
Education secretary dismisses commission's call for RE reform
Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2018
The education secretary has dismissed calls for the reform of RE in England which were outlined in a major report from a commission. Read More »
Framing religion as intrinsically positive harms education, study warns
Posted: Wed, 05 Dec 2018
"Well-intentioned" RE teachers are undermining the subject by framing religion as intrinsically positive, academics have warned. Read More »
Let children make their own minds up about religion, says report
Posted: Wed, 10 Oct 2018
The NSS has welcomed an academic report which calls on English state schools to raise children in a religiously neutral manner. Read More »
Replace RE with ‘religion and worldviews’, says commission
Posted: Sun, 09 Sep 2018
The NSS has given a "qualified welcome" to recommendations to replace RE with a subject entitled 'Religion and Worldviews' and introduce a national entitlement to it. Read More »
Former education secretary renews call for reform of religion in schools
Posted: Tue, 17 Jul 2018
Religious education should be replaced with a new national 'Religion, Belief and Values' subject, a former education secretary has recommended. Read More »
Mixed-sex schools shouldn’t segregate children, says DfE
Posted: Thu, 28 Jun 2018
Mixed-sex schools in England should not generally separate pupils by sex or faith, the government has said. Read More »
British public opposes religious influence in education, poll finds
Posted: Mon, 11 Jun 2018
British adults strongly oppose religious influence in school admissions, assemblies and RE teaching, an NSS-commissioned poll has found. Read More »
NSS renews call to end faith schools’ ‘religiosity inspections’
Posted: Tue, 08 May 2018
The NSS has asked the government to stop funding religious inspections of faith schools amid C of E plans to make them more rigorous. Read More »
Row over ‘discriminatory, unproductive’ SACRE members in south Wales
Posted: Thu, 26 Apr 2018
The NSS has restated its call for the abolition of local religious education committees amid complaints over a committee in south Wales. Read More »
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 »
