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Fri, 25 May 2018
Parents protest imposition of religious status on Norfolk school
The NSS has backed parents who are protesting against the merger of a non-religious school into a Christian one in Norfolk.
Fri, 25 May 2018
Welsh faith schools will keep distorting sex education, NSS warns
Allowing Welsh faith schools to teach sex education through a religious lens will teach children to be ashamed, the NSS has warned.
Thu, 24 May 2018
NSS reiterates call for abolition of chancel repair liability
The NSS has urged the Law Commission to recommend the abolition of a measure which requires landowners to pay for local church repairs.
Wed, 23 May 2018
Dilute Anglican presence in next coronation, says UCL report
The next coronation should feature secular oaths and a civil ceremony alongside the traditional Anglican one, a think tank has said.
Mon, 21 May 2018
Scottish government ‘committed to Catholic education tradition’
The NSS has criticised the Scottish government after a minister assured headteachers it was committed to providing Catholic education.
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Thirty years after the government banned local authorities from 'promoting' homosexuality, Terry Sanderson reflects on the hysteria that prompted Section 28, the fear it caused and the backing religious fanatics gave it.
Section 28 was a shameful piece of legislation prompted by fake news
Wed, 23 May 2018
The decision not to allow more faith-based admissions to new free schools in England is a big win, says Stephen Evans. But the expansion of faith schools is the wrong response to Britain's growing religious diversity.
The government's U-turn shows the tide is turning against faith schools
Fri, 18 May 2018
Faith schools' approach to admissions and sex education reminds us that religious groups' interests often conflict with those of society. Megan Manson says the only answer to this is to separate education from religion.
How secularism cuts the Gordian knot in education
Fri, 18 May 2018
Politicians have hung a coroner who stood up to religious groups out to dry, says Chris Sloggett. And they've revealed how foolish we are to indulge individualistic demands for state services to accommodate religion.
We’ll all suffer if we let religion dictate how public servants do their jobs
Tue, 01 May 2018
We can mitigate the harm caused by faith schools in plenty of ways. But after the launch of the No More Faith Schools campaign, Alastair Lichten says the long-term battle is over the fact faith groups run schools at all.
Faith schools: why reducing the harm isn’t enough
Mon, 23 Apr 2018