The Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Tristram Hunt, has this week made a number of policy commitments, including to reform the scope of Ofsted school inspections and to require state funded schools to teach Sex and Relationships Education.
The Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Tristram Hunt, has this week made a number of policy commitments, including to reform the scope of Ofsted school inspections and to require state funded schools to teach Sex and Relationships Education.
The Government has made a commitment to no longer fund nursery places at schools that promote creationism or extremism.
Several insightful new pieces of research on the impact of faith schools have been added to the Accord Coalition’s research databank – the most comprehensive source of information available on policy implications of the state funded faith school sector.
Earlier this month Accord held a fringe meeting debating religious selection in pupil admissions at the United Reform Church’s biannual General Assembly.
The Accord Coalition has called for a public inquiry into the role of religion and belief in schools following the release of two further government reports regarding a group of community schools in Birmingham fostering a mono-vision.
