The Accord Coalition had this week held a constructive meeting with Stephen Twigg MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Education.
The Accord Coalition had this week held a constructive meeting with Stephen Twigg MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Education.
The Accord Coalition has welcome that Nadine Dorries MP has today withdrawn her private members Bill, which sought to secure the teaching of the benefits of abstinence education for girls aged between thirteen and sixteen.
Accord has welcomed news that the government will not be changing regulations to allow community schools to become both an Academy school and a faith school at the same time.
The Accord Coalition has urged the Government to not get distracted from assuring that all state funded schools provide their pupils with thorough Personal, Social, Economic and Health Education (PSHE) ahead of the second reading of Nadine Dorries MP’s proposed Sex Education (Required Content) Bill on Friday January 20th. The Bill seeks to secure...
The Accord Coalition has written to Michael Gove to register its deep concern and ask for further clarification about Department for Education proposals to make the process for community schools wishing to become a Church of England Academy faith school quicker and easier.
Citizenship education faces being downgraded in schools following the publication of a Department for Education report yesterday, which recommended that Citizenship be taken out of the National Curriculum. The report also failed to recommend that Religious Education be added to the National Curriculum, despite widespread support for the change. Chair of the Accord Coalition,...
David Ward - an MP for Bradford, one of Britain’s most ethnically and religiously diverse cities and the centre of race riots in July 2001 - has highlighted the continuing need to bridge the city's social divide by becoming a Distinguished Supporter of the Accord Coalition, which champions schools that are committed to inclusivity.
The Accord Coalition has today published a new resource of personal testimonies and media reports which highlight a wide variety of discriminatory practices employed by state schools.
The Accord Coalition has urged that the rest of the UK learn from Northern Ireland’s sectarian education system following a call from Northern Ireland’s First Minister for children to attend shared schools.
Ofsted’s latest annual report, published today, reveals widespread under performance in primary school’s effectiveness in how they promote community cohesion, highlighting how the worst fears of those who recently rebelled against the Government over the inspection of cohesion in schools has come true far quicker than anyone expected.
