A new report by national religion and society expert, Professor Linda Woodhead, and former Secretary of State for Education, the RT Hon Charles Clarke, has called for some major changes in the relationship between religion and schools.
A new report by national religion and society expert, Professor Linda Woodhead, and former Secretary of State for Education, the RT Hon Charles Clarke, has called for some major changes in the relationship between religion and schools.
A mainstream synagogue has hosted a prayer meeting against the imposition of the teaching of "British values" in schools. In response Accord has reaffirmed the need for mainstream voices to actively support the promotion of equality and integration in faith schools.
Accord has urged policy makers to not ignore the socially exclusive impact of religiously selective faith schools, following publication of a new report this weeks that finds England's school system has become more socio-economically inequitable over recent years.
Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School in Huddersfield has been announced as the first place winner of the 2018 Accord Inclusivity Award.
A new report has revealed that non-religious families are especially disadvantaged due to religious discrimination by state funded faith schools.
