Tags: Faith Schools
Schools and segregation: a lesson from France
The Government is preparing to extend religious selection in faith schools. Keith Sharpe contrasts its willingness... Read More »
Faith School Admissions: Four Myths Busted
Megan Manson takes on common myths about the 50% cap on children admitted on religious grounds to faith schools.
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The David and Goliath battle in our schools: parents versus religion
As NSS research highlights a systemic bias against secular schooling, Megan Manson explores the tactics used by religion... Read More »
Intolerant religion mustn’t dictate England’s education policy
The government is under fire over proposals to lift the cap on faith-based admissions in faith schools. Stephen Evans... Read More »
The PM must be held to account for her faith school obsession
Theresa May's plans to expand faith schools in Britain are ill-judged. In response, Chris Sloggett argues, it is up... Read More »
Separate is not equal – not in this ‘faith’ school
Turning a blind eye to discriminatory gender discrimination in Islamic schools would be disaster for future generations... Read More »
Casework focus: community schools and religious takeovers
Parents and staff regularly contact the NSS over concerns related to religious influence in their schools. Campaigns... Read More »
Why are we still allowing religion to retard young people’s education and health rights?
The Government's proposals on Relationships and Sex Education are a welcome step in the right direction – but... Read More »
A faith-based education system is deeply inefficient
Both the Government and the Labour Party have wilful blind spots around faith schools, and as the Government looks... Read More »
Faith schools mustn’t be allowed to stymie young people’s sexual health and well-being
Political sensitivity about faith schools is getting in the way of providing evidence-based, age-appropriate sex and... Read More »
A faith ethos is no magic solution for improving schools
There are success stories and failures in schools of all types, including faith schools, despite what the churches... Read More »
Clerics shouldn’t be the gatekeepers to publicly funded schools
A progressive education policy would seek to break down barriers between people of different faiths and beliefs, not... Read More »
Inclusive education: divisive faith schools are the elephant in the room
NSS campaigns director on why progressives of all political and religious stripes should unite in opposing Theresa... Read More »
Facilitating more religious segregation in faith schools can only harm social cohesion
In a move devoid of any common sense, Theresa May's government looks set to capitulate to the demands of religious... Read More »
Governor’s perspective: beware an increasingly assertive religious ethos in ‘Church schools’
The NSS is regularly contacted by governors and staff at Church of England schools who are pressured by their diocese... Read More »
When is a community school not a community school?
Religious organisations are pushing for an increased role in non-religious community schools. This seriously risks... Read More »
Faith schools add to the angst of school offer day
National Offer Day is when many parents fall victim to religious discrimination or discover they've been allocated... Read More »
Classrooms should be free from an overbearing religious ethos
With the Church seeking to extend its influence over the management of schools, Stephen Evans argues that religious... Read More »
Dan Walker’s creationism may be an affront to science – but he’s entitled to his beliefs
The appointment of "young Earth" creationist Dan Walker to front BBC Breakfast has caused a considerable backlash,... Read More »
Let Ofsted inspect religious education in faith schools
Religious education should receive the same scrutiny as any other area of the curriculum – and be inspected... Read More »
Students forced to lead prayers and made to attend Mass – the reality of faith schools for non-religious pupils
A Sixth Former gives a student's account of what it's like to attend a faith school if you aren't religious, and shows... Read More »
Christians shouldn’t put self-interest above Britain’s need to better integrate
The long history of Christian involvement in state education shouldn't stand in the way of a more integrated education... Read More »
Why have I never taught a Jewish child?
Is this the way to unite society – with faith schools teaching the supremacy of their ideology and how wrong... Read More »
When is a faith school not a faith school?
Academisation and the 'grey area' between faith and non-religious schools may allow even more schools to assume a... Read More »
Faith schools: education’s sacred cow
Faith-based schools have been part of Britain's educational landscape for a long time. But as Britain's religious... Read More »
