Tags: Faith Schools

Time to rethink the Church's role in state education

It's the same every year. No sooner have kids gone back to school than we notice a spike in calls to the office from... Read More »

Gay marriage promised in Scotland – but Church wrangles concessions in schools

So, after one of the largest responses to a consultation ever recorded, the Scottish Government has announced that... Read More »

Government to work with Church of England to promote more religious schools

During Education Questions in the House of Commons on Monday, Michael Gove, the Education Secretary (for England)... Read More »

Easter sermons: self-serving and dishonest

It's a Bank Holiday, half the staff in the newsroom are on leave, but news editors still have to somehow fill their... Read More »

Countless millions of taxpayers’ money spent on discrimination in schools

We often complain about the increasing amount of religion in schools, but it is not until you look at the job advertisements... Read More »

A New Year when secularism must stand up for itself or be overwhelmed by religious power-seeking

The signs have been there for some considerable time – religion around the world is reviving, and it is not... Read More »

How did our education system become a playground for theocrats?

We are seeing the new crop of academy schools beginning to advertise for chaplains

Memoirs of a faith-based education

I had a faith-based education. The trouble was, I never knew which faith.

At home, we were Church of England. We didn't... Read More »