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Faith schools enquiry praised

March 11, 2009

Accord has welcomed the government enquiry into faith schools launched by Ed Balls. The announcement comes after concerns were voiced that some independent faith schools do not prepare children properly for wider society. Accord has previously called for proper regulation, fearing that many children are either kept in ignorance or even misinformed about those...

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Accord welcomes new Lib Dem policy

March 9, 2009

After persistent lobbying from Accord over the last few months, the Liberal Democrats have passed a policy aimed at challenging discrimination in faith school admissions, employment practices and religious education lessons. Under the policy, new faith schools will not be able to use religious criteria to choose pupils and existing faith will have five...

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