Faith schools

Schools call for end to ‘archaic’ daily worship following UK census results

With fewer than half the population in England and Wales describing themselves as Christian, there are calls to end religious assemblies

Anna Fazackerley

03, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

Cleverly criticises China for arresting journalists – but what about Britain? | Brief letters

30, Nov, 2022 @5:39 PM

‘Serious failures’ over sex and drugs incidents at Catholic school

Ofsted criticises £37,905-a-year Ampleforth college for inadequate safeguarding of vulnerable students

Helen Pidd North of England editor

16, Mar, 2022 @6:50 PM

Catholic church in legal battle over bid to force schools to become academies

Unions write to education secretary calling on him to withdraw orders issued to group of Catholic schools

Richard Adams Education editor

08, Feb, 2022 @7:33 PM

Birmingham Islamic school sues Ofsted after being failed for leaflet

Birchfield girls’ school rated inadequate after inspectors find ‘inflammatory’ circular from 1994

Nazia Parveen

26, Jan, 2020 @1:59 PM

‘We can’t give in’: the Birmingham school on the frontline of anti-LGBT protests

Protests by Muslims against teaching about gay relationships at their children’s primary came to a head last week. We meet the people caught between activists and the law

Donna Ferguson

26, May, 2019 @8:00 AM

Teaching children to respect and celebrate LGBT+ relationships | Letters

Letters: Geoff Dexter takes issue with remarks made by Sir Michael Wilshaw, Oliver Boaler is appalled to see James Gray vote against guidelines introducing LGBT-inclusive sex and relationship education, Doug Clark warns against censoring debate, and Robert Davidson says Quakers are gay-friendly

Letters

01, Apr, 2019 @4:07 PM

Investigation after pupils say they were 'pinched and slapped' at faith school

Ofsted refers safeguarding concerns after pupils at Talmud Torah Yetev Lev primary report physical sanctions

Richard Adams Education editor

19, Feb, 2019 @7:50 PM

How inaction causes segregation | Letters

Letters: Government inaction harms social cohesion, argues Roger Tomlinson, while Christopher Clayton berates politicians for ignoring concerns about multiculturalism. Sue Leyland sees segregation at work in the education system

Letters

20, Sep, 2018 @4:58 PM

Desperate parents are bribing priests with muffins – our faith school system must end | Zoe Williams

Parents pretend to be religious and clerics pretend to believe them. Getting into state-funded church schools encourages hypocrisy all round

Zoe Williams

12, Sep, 2018 @3:03 PM

Chief rabbi calls on Jewish schools to tackle homophobia

Ephraim Mirvis says many LGBT+ pupils in Orthodox schools ‘endure deep distress’

Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent

05, Sep, 2018 @11:01 PM

Religious education needs overhaul to 'reflect UK', says report

Ex-education secretary says assemblies, syllabus and admissions policy need change