The Accord Coalition has broadly welcomed a new report by Professor Linda Woodhead and Charles Clarke calling for a change in the way religion and belief is currently negotiated at state funded schools in England.
The Accord Coalition has broadly welcomed a new report by Professor Linda Woodhead and Charles Clarke calling for a change in the way religion and belief is currently negotiated at state funded schools in England.
Accord has welcomed Tristram Hunt highlighting that the issue of religious and ethnic segregation in the school system in England needs to be addressed.
Accord has urged for guarantees that community schools will not be required or able to discriminate by faith or provide narrow or instructional Religious Education if they are forced to join faith Academy chains.
Accord has written to the Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan, urging that the 50% religious selection in admissions cap at new Academy faith schools be maintained.
The Accord Coalition has offered its gratitude to supporters of inclusive schools who have left the House of Commons, and expressed its enthusiasm to work with existing and new Parliamentarians who share its goals
