Here you can find all of the latest news about the No More Faith Schools campaign.
DfE assessment: new selective faith schools will disadvantage families
The NMFS campaign has said the government "must think again" over the funding of a wave of religiously selective schools after the publication of an official impact assessment. Read More »
Most maintained rural primary schools are faith schools, data shows
The National Secular Society has again said the government should monitor faith-based impositions on school choice after the revelation that 55% of maintained rural English primary schools are faith schools. Read More »
Academy trust warned over faith school's inadequate standards
The government has warned an academy trust it will lose its funding if a faith school in Birmingham does not improve. Read More »
Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds
Almost three in ten families in England live in areas where most or all of the local primary schools are faith-based, National Secular Society research has revealed. Read More »
Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious
England's schools adjudicator has said it is "reasonable" for two state-funded Orthodox Jewish schools to expect the families of applicants to observe strict religious practices. Read More »
New religious academy planned in Cambridgeshire
A Christian 'free school' with the slogan "Education Built on Faith" could open in Cambridgeshire before the start of the 2020-21 academic year. Read More »
There’s no hypocrisy in being forced into a ‘choice’ you don’t like
As the pro-faith schools lobby rounds on campaigner Alice Roberts, Alastair Lichten says her situation is proof of the need for a secular education system. Read More »
Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools
The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided faith schools, which can select all of their children on the basis of their families' faith, in England. Read More »
33 new faith schools proposed in latest round of academies
Thirty-three new faith schools have been included in the latest wave of free school applications in England, the government has announced. Read More »
Children refused school places due to discriminatory policies, complaints reveal
A girl of Muslim background and a girl with autism were among those refused places at state-funded faith schools in September because of discriminatory policies, complaints to an ombudsman have revealed. Read More »
Scottish Catholic schools to actively marginalise children who don’t pray
The Catholic Church has said it will exclude school children in Scotland from nativity plays and fundraising if they are withdrawn from prayers. Read More »
Report: Parents attending church services to improve school choice
More than three in 10 parents know someone who attended religious services to get their children into a specific faith school, according to the educational equality charity the Sutton Trust. Read More »