by Sean Reilly | Sep 1, 2008
You might not imagine that calling for non-discrimination in admissions and employment, a balanced curriculum, a common inspection regime, and assemblies that reflect the whole community in our schools would be regarded as particularly controversial in twenty-first...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 31, 2008
A well known supporter of faith schools has said that the discriminatory practices of church schools are what give them their special Christian ethos. Writing in the Independent on Sunday, Catholic Melanie MacDonagh, championed the routine discrimination in employment...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 30, 2008
The government is being urged to reform faith schools to ensure they cannot discriminate against pupils and teachers on religious grounds and to give a clear commitment to inclusive, community-wide education for all Britain’s pupils. A new coalition involving a...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 30, 2008
The British Humanist Association (BHA) and the religious thinktank Ekklesia are amongst those who have today criticised as ‘misguided’ a report published today by the Centre for Policy Studies, written by Christina Odone, which seeks to portray the...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 18, 2008
An inquiry has been ordered following claims that faith schools have been breaking laws aimed at making admissions fairer. Schools Adjudicator Philip Hunter has been given until July to probe the way all schools and academies decide which pupils to take. He has been...
