The Accord Coalition has made a submission to the Department for Education’s consultation on how it should support schools to improve the quality of teaching of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, and has urged that better PSHE teacher training be made available and for the subject to made compulsory in all state...
The Accord Coalition has launched a local campaign initiative to stop religious discrimination in the pupil admissions of voluntary controlled faith schools. Voluntary controlled faith schools comprise of over a third of state funded faith schools in England and Wales and, unbeknown to many, can have their admissions made inclusive by their local authority.
An amendment seeking to retain Ofsted’s duty to assess the contribution that schools make to community cohesion has been rejected by the Government, despite widespread support from both Government and Opposition benches.
The provision of places at non-faith schools on the Isle of Wight is to be maintained following a successful local campaign.
The Accord Coalition has today sent a briefing to members of the House of Lords urging them to retain Ofsted’s current duty to inspect on how schools promote community cohesion.
