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‘An archaic settlement’: The National Secular Society’s bid to end faith schools
LSE Blog: With Britain simultaneously becoming less religious and more religiously diverse, can the continued... Read More »
State funded religiosity inspections of faith schools have to end
One of the myths our campaign aims to expose is that 'church schools' aren't really faith schools. In... Read More »
Most faith schools distorting sex education, study finds
More than three-quarters of state-funded secondary faith schools in England are failing to teach Sex... Read More »
Former education secretary criticises plan to expand faith-based admissions
The former education secretary Justine Greening has criticised government plans to allow more discriminatory... Read More »
Faith schools: why reducing the harm isn’t enough
We can mitigate the harm caused by faith schools in plenty of ways. But Alastair Lichten says the long-term... Read More »
18,000 children sent to faith schools against parental preference
More than 18,000 children were sent to state faith schools against their parents' preferences in England... Read More »
GP Taylor: Why faith has no place in our schools
Testimonial: As a priest, I was always suspicious of the new parent lurking at the back of church clutching... Read More »
Catholic schools told to discourage acceptance of transgendered people
The Accord Coalition has urged that new statutory guidance on the teaching of Relationships and Sex and... Read More »
Swedish governing party plans to end religious 'free' schools
The governing party in Sweden will propose ending the role of publicly-funded religious 'free' schools... Read More »
Religious leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and public figures sign open letter calling on Education Secretary to keep faith school admissions cap
Humanists UK: A group of religious leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and prominent public... Read More »
Faith school which censored textbooks is trying to hide from criticism
The National Secular Society has said a school which removed references to homosexuality from textbooks... Read More »
Is the Catholic Education Service statistically illiterate?
Faith Schoolers Anonymous: The Catholic Education Service (CES) has a long history of abusing statistics,... Read More »