Posted: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 by John Mapperley
Former headteacher John Mapperley says the school he ran was given a vastly reduced range of options when considering academy status – and he believes the church puts its own interests above those of pupils. Read More »
Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2021
A regulator has appointed an interim manager to a church after the NSS raised concerns over 'plague protection kits' sold by its bishop.
Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2021
France's top court has confirmed that Philippe Barbarin, a former Catholic archbishop, is culpable for failing to report child abuse.
Posted: Thu, 04 Mar 2021
The NSS has said measures currently allowing women to have early medical abortions at home should be made permanent across Britain.
Posted: Thu, 04 Mar 2021
The NSS will host a book launch for the first modern biography of George Holyoake, a key figure in UK secularist history, on 22 April.
Posted: Fri, 26 Feb 2021
The NSS has urged Scotland's justice minister not to dilute protection for free speech on religion in the current hate crime bill.
An adjudicator's ruling has exposed the outrageous requirements a state-funded faith school places on pupils and their families. This shows the need to end faith-based discrimination in admissions, says...
Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2021
As the Scottish government confirms funding for a new joint campus between a non-denominational school and a Catholic one, Neil Barber says ministers should instead seek a unified, secular education system....
Posted: Wed, 03 Mar 2021
Alastair Lichten says a review of education provision in Northern Ireland must be willing to challenge entrenched religious interests to deliver on ambitions for a more efficient and inclusive system....
Posted: Thu, 25 Feb 2021
A comprehensive new bank of academic research shows how shaky the main arguments for faith schools are, say its authors Steven Kettell and Rebecca Vernon.
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2021
The misery which women and children faced for decades highlights the damage that can be done when states leave religious authority unchecked, says NSS president Keith Porteous Wood.
Posted: Fri, 05 Feb 2021