Sutton Trust urges simplification of faith school admission policies

February 27, 2020
Sutton Trust urges simplification of faith school admission policies

A new report from The Sutton Trust finds that religiously selective faith schools are often among the most socio-economically divisive schools and has urged their admission policies be simplified.

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Policy Exchange report urges Ofsted to let primary faith schools ignore existence of LGBT people

February 25, 2020
Policy Exchange report urges Ofsted to let primary faith schools ignore existence of LGBT people

The Accord Coalition has publicly rebuked the recommendation of a Policy Exchange report that Ofsted should let primary faith schools airbrush out LGBT people.

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Accord warns against withdrawing right of withdrawal from RE without further safeguards

February 21, 2020
Accord warns against withdrawing right of withdrawal from RE without further safeguards

The Welsh Government has announced it will scrap the right of parents to withdraw their children from Religious Education and Relationship & Sexuality Education in state funded schools.

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Accord welcomes Government commitment to tackle illegal schools

February 14, 2020
Accord welcomes Government commitment to tackle illegal schools

The Government has this morning announced that it still intends to introduce legislation to boost the powers of Ofsted to monitor for and shut down illegally unregistered schools.

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Green light given for first fully selective faith school in nearly a decade

February 13, 2020
Green light given for first fully selective faith school in nearly a decade

Attempts to have Peterborough City Council reconsider its decision to approve a primary faith school that can operate a fully religiously selective admissions policy have failed, meaning the school is set to open for September 2022.

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