The deeply damaging plans announced by the Government to relax admissions rules for faith schools are a terrible blow for social cohesion. At a time when the Government should be doing everything it can to promote an integrated society, it has instead decided to worsen the effects of divisive faith schools. The Government speaks of the need to foster integration and social cohesion, but by removing the admissions cap that governs faith school admissions they are promoting divisive religious segregation. We'll be opposing plans to increase religious segregation in schools every step of the way. What will our society look like in 100 years if we divide generations of children by their parents' religion? The effects of this short-sighted policy will be disastrous. We're trying to stop this from happening, but we need your help.
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News | Fri, 09 Sep 2016
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to rethink plans to allow new faith schools to select all of their pupils on the basis of faith. |
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News | Tue, 06 Sep 2016
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned that local councils and police are continuing to ignore illegal faith schools, undermining efforts to prosecute the operators and protect children's rights. |
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News | Wed, 07 Sep 2016
The conference celebrating our 150th anniversary was an opportunity to reflect on everything the National Secular Society has achieved in 150 years of campaigning, and consider the significant challenges ahead. |
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News | Mon, 05 Sep 2016
The NSS has criticised the Government for "stalling" on caste discrimination after it announced plans for a consultation despite already being under an obligation to outlaw such discrimination. |
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News | Fri, 09 Sep 2016
A group campaigning for gender equality in India has called on the country's Supreme Court to end Muslim Personal Law to protect women from "fundamentalists" operating sharia courts. |
NSS Speaks Out
We were quoted by Conatus News on caste discrimination, and the news website also interviewed our president Terry Sanderson.
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Quote of the Week
"Nothing in the idea of secularism opposes the practice of Islam in France, provided it respects the law."
François Hollande.
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