Following comments by the Archbishop of Wales criticising the decision of the Welsh Assembly to allow sixth fomers to withdraw themselves from collective worship, Accord has called for an end to compulsory collective worship in all schools. Under laws dating back decades, all schools except non-Christian faith schools are required to have a daily...
The Guardian has reported that the popular headteacher of St Patrick’s primary school in Sheffield has had to resign because he is a divorcee but wishes to remarry in the autumn. Michael Cassidy is well liked and respected in the school, and parents have started a petition protesting against his departure. One parent told...
Accord has used the opportunity of a government consultation on Religious Education to make clear the need for broad-based and balanced RE in all schools. Although RE must be taught in all schools it is not part of the National Curriculum. The government is about to issue new guidance on how the subject should...
Accord is supporting a campaign to make religious education objective and balanced for which we need your help. We think that RE should teach about a wide range of different beliefs (religious and non-religious), not tell children what they ought to believe. Although all schools are legally required to teach RE, at the moment...
A judgement by the Court of Appeal last week found that the admissions criteria of a Jewish state school, the JFS, were in breach of the Race Relations Act. The admissions procedures of the school prioritised those with a Jewish mother over those who practised Judaism but were not Jewish by descent. Under Jewish...
