The Accord Coalition has launched its 2010 Inclusivity Award, which seeks to reward those schools that do mots to celebrate the diversity of religious and non-religious beliefs within the school and wider community and go beyond their legal requirements on inclusion and equality.
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New figures released by the Health Protection Agency showing that rates of sexually transmitted infections are still increasing provides further evidence of the need for improved Sex and Relationship Education in schools.
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The Accord Coalition has enthusiastically backed the proposal put forward by Professor Richard Dawkins in his More 4 documentary ‘Faith Schools Menace?’ that Religious Education should become a National Curriculum subject.
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The Accord Coalition has cautiously welcomed a commitment from Rt Hon Michael Gove MP that the government will not let ‘extremist’ groups run state funded schools. Speaking at a hearing of the House of Commons Education Select Committee on Wednesday (July 28th) the Secretary of...
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The Accord Coalition, which unites religious and non-religious groups concerned about the impact of faith schools, has issued a stark warning about the implications of the Academies Bill for newly created Academy faith schools. The Chair of the Accord Coalition, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, said, ‘by...
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