TV presenter wants to see inclusive schooling in Scotland

GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly has said she believes that education for all, rather than schools divided on religious lines, in what Scotland needs to overcome sectarianism and to build lasting community. Her comments come at the end of a week of debate following the...

Diversity, attainment and faith schools

Quite a lively debate has opened up on faith schools policy reform following the launch of Accord. What is clear from this is that those who justify discrimination in admissions and employment in state-funded religious schools are losing the argument from principle....

Faith in schools, fairness in the system

One of the significant features of the new coalition Accord, which Ekklesia has helped to establish, is that it is bringing together people from different religious backgrounds who have concerns about current policies on admissions and employment in relation to faith...

A Christian case for Accord

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...

Coalition to issue challenge on faith schools policy

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...