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‘An archaic settlement’: The National Secular Society’s bid to end faith schools

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »

Faith school which censored textbooks is trying to hide from criticism

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?

Is the Catholic Education Service statistically illiterate?

Faith Schoolers Anonymous: The Catholic Education Service (CES) has a long history of abusing statistics,... Read More »