The Department for Education has announced today that a further 102 Free Schools will open in England in 2014 and beyond, 25 of which will have a faith ethos or be designated as having a religious character. There are already 81 Free Schools, while before today another 109 had already been approved to open.
Professor Ted Cantle CBE, Chair of the iCoCo Foundation and a leading national expert on community cohesion and inter-cultural relations, has joined the Accord Coalition.
The Accord Coalition has called upon the Archdiocese of Westminster to reconsider its guidance about pupil admissions after non-Catholic parents at one of its schools were recently notified that their younger children may not be accepted in future.
A new report from OFSTED has highlighted a range of weakness in the provision of PSHE in English schools.
Accord has urged schools to do more provide assemblies that are accessible for all and draw upon and forge shared values.
