Tags: Faith schools
Allowing more religious selection in schools would be a big mistake
Abandoning the 50% admission cap would exacerbate the discrimination, disadvantage and division inherent with faith schools, argues Stephen Evans. Read More »
Faith schools foster unfairness and discrimination
Fairness and freedom should be central to state education. Recommendations from the UN child rights committee lay... Read More »
The state must stop faith schools behaving like cults
New research by the NSS has found some state funded faith schools' admissions policies are so extreme they appear... Read More »
Time to follow Northern Ireland in ending religious discrimination against teachers
After ending a blanket exemption from equality laws, Northern Ireland will outlaw religious discrimination against... Read More »
A government blueprint for more religious control of schools?
The government's new proposals for education reform in England could see increased discrimination, and most non-faith... Read More »
An inclusive Britain starts with inclusive schools
Keeping religion and state education separate is the best way of ensuring schools promote free inquiry, equality and... Read More »
Religious selection is only part of the problem with faith schools
Ending religious discrimination in faith school admissions is an important first step – but it will not undo... Read More »
Remove religious gatekeepers from school admissions
Faith-based selection forces families' religiosity to be assessed, compels conformity, and undermines everyone's freedom... Read More »
Why is the Catholic church allowed to hinder secondary school choice?
A case in Leicestershire shows the mess faith groups make of admissions and why secular accountability is necessary,... Read More »
Locked in and locked out: how faith schools restrict families’ choices
State funding of faith schools means many families are left without suitable schools. The narrative that faith schools... Read More »
Schools aren’t there to save the church
The Church of England's new evangelical missional strategy should lead us to question its entitlement to proselytise... Read More »
Will the government protect the ethos of secular schools?
The Department for Education's protections for the secular community ethos of non-faith academies are inadequate.... Read More »
Schools must be supported against religious bullies
Comments from Ofsted's chief inspector highlight the need to help schools resist efforts to shut down teaching which... Read More »
Is the C of E ashamed of discrimination in school admissions?
Research suggests the Church of England downplays the extent of religious discrimination in admissions to the schools... Read More »
Parents’ religious wishes must not trump children’s safety and education
Every child has been withdrawn from sex education classes at an independent faith school. Megan Manson says the parental... Read More »
Progress towards inclusive integrated education in NI is still too slow
The last few months have seen mixed successes in efforts, supported by the No More Faith Schools campaign, to move... Read More »
Faith groups have no business inspecting schools
Publicly funded school inspections which enable clerics to exert undue influence should have no place in a modern... Read More »
We must find the political will to end discriminatory school admissions
As families in England prepare to find out which primary schools their children will attend, Alastair Lichten says... Read More »
Faith-based school admissions pave the way for sexist and unreasonable demands. It’s time to end them
An adjudicator's ruling has exposed the outrageous requirements a state-funded faith school places on pupils and their... Read More »
The evidence against faith schools is overwhelming
A comprehensive new bank of academic research shows how shaky the main arguments for faith schools are, say its authors... Read More »
Our school – and community – were severely disadvantaged by our C of E status
Former headteacher John Mapperley says the school he ran was given a vastly reduced range of options when considering... Read More »
The Catholic Church’s dogma shouldn’t undermine sex education
The local council in the Outer Hebrides has endorsed Catholic Church resources on sex and relationships – with... Read More »
Allowing religious discrimination in school admissions opens the door to other forms of discrimination
A state-funded faith school recently rejected a child because her mother isn't Jewish. This shows the absurdity of... Read More »
Why was the Church of England allowed to influence the direction of our local secular schools?
The church was given a key role on the board of our local multi-academy trust – even though there were no faith... Read More »
Our schools should promote social cohesion – so educate children together
As research shows social integration is key to fostering positive attitudes toward people of different religions and... Read More »