Tags: faith schools
NSS welcomes Ofsted head’s opposition to faith-based exemptions
The National Secular Society has welcomed the chief inspector of schools in England's expression of opposition to... Read More »
Consultation launched on relationship & sex education guidance
The government has launched a consultation on new statutory guidance and regulations intended to make Relationships... Read More »
High Court dismisses school religious designation review
The High Court has refused to grant a judicial review of a decision to merge a non-religious school into a Christian... Read More »
Investigation launched after weapons seized at independent faith school
The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into Darul Uloom School London after the school's safeguarding... Read More »
Former education secretary renews call for reform of religion in schools
Religious education should be replaced with a new national 'Religion, Belief and Values' subject, a former education... Read More »
Comprehensive sex and relationship education delayed till at least 2020
Following mounting equivocation from DfE officials, and growing rumours, it has been confirmed that compulsory relationships... Read More »
Head of faith school that hired terrorist banned from teaching
The head of an Islamic faith school that hired the London Bridge terrorist attack ringleader has been banned from... Read More »
Church lobbies to make closing rural schools easier
Secular school campaigners have called for the Church of England to "give up some control" where flexibility may save... Read More »
Study: faith schools’ entry policies are complex and inconsistent
Faith schools' admissions policies are complex and difficult to navigate and the problem hurts parents from poorer... Read More »
Eleven inadequate independent faith schools facing closure
Seven Christian and four Islamic schools were among 26 private schools served with warning notices in the latest round... Read More »
NSS welcomes plan to restrict LGBT ‘conversion therapy’
The National Secular Society has welcomed a government announcement that it will bring forward proposals to end the... Read More »
Mixed-sex schools shouldn’t segregate children, says DfE
Mixed-sex schools in England should not generally separate pupils by sex or faith, the government has said.
In new... Read More »
Ofsted: Jewish school failing on safety, curriculum and tolerance
Ofsted has deemed a state-funded Jewish school inadequate after finding it deliberately undermined pupils' safety,... Read More »
Scottish education union calls for entitlement to paid religious leave
Scotland's oldest teaching union has passed a motion calling for teachers from non-Christian faiths to be given paid... Read More »
British public opposes religious influence in education, poll finds
British adults are strongly opposed to religious influence in school admissions, assemblies and the teaching of Religious... Read More »
NSS says integration efforts should focus on common citizenship
The National Secular Society has called on the government to treat citizens as individuals and to clamp down on the... Read More »
Parents protest imposition of religious status on Norfolk school
The National Secular Society has backed parents who are protesting against the merger of a non-religious school into... Read More »
Welsh faith schools will keep distorting sex education, NSS warns
Allowing Welsh faith schools to teach sex education through a religious lens will distort the subject and teach children... Read More »
NSS: guidance for independent schools “strikes the right balance”
The National Secular Society has broadly welcomed revisions to the Independent School Standards (ISS) which brings... Read More »
Ofsted: curriculum at Jewish school restricted pupils’ development
An independent faith school in north London is facing deregistration and may close after inspectors said it was reducing... Read More »
NSS: joint campus rows show need to secularise Scottish education
The National Secular Society has said calls for children to be segregated on joint campuses have "shown the need to... Read More »
Gov’t drops proposal to scrap 50% admissions cap – but plans discriminatory faith school expansion
The government has abandoned plans to lift the 50% cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools – but will... Read More »
DfE warned 12 more private faith schools over failures in one month
The Department for Education warned 12 independent faith schools that they were failing to meet the standards expected... Read More »
Government plans to create 36 new religious free schools in England
The government plans to create 36 new faith schools in England as it rolls out its latest round of new free schools,... Read More »
NSS renews call to end faith schools’ ‘religiosity inspections’
The National Secular Society has asked the government to stop funding religious inspections of faith schools after... Read More »
