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Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2021
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Posted: Fri, 19 Feb 2021
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Parents in Somerset could lose a community school as a result of special provisions which protect faith-based schooling.
Posted: Fri, 19 Feb 2021
Improve RSE in faith schools to curb forced marriage, campaigners say
Education around forced marriage should be included in mandatory RSE, including in independent faith schools, campaigners have said.
Posted: Thu, 18 Feb 2021
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Posted: Thu, 18 Feb 2021
UK quizzed over collective worship law by UN
A United Nations committee has questioned laws which require collective worship in UK schools after the NSS raised the issue.
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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.
The evidence against faith schools is overwhelming
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.
Ireland's mother and baby homes scandal shows the necessity of separating church and state
Posted: Fri, 05 Feb 2021
Theocratic demands for censorship in India and Pakistan reflect attempts to grab power which undermine everyone's religious freedom, says Megan Manson.
Religious censorship is about ownership
Posted: Tue, 02 Feb 2021
Alastair Lichten argues that understanding Christian nationalism is essential to understanding the presidency of Donald Trump and its consequences for the world.
Christian nationalism is a key part of Trump’s legacy
Posted: Thu, 21 Jan 2021
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...
Our school – and community – were severely disadvantaged by our C of E status
Posted: Wed, 20 Jan 2021