An important report has been published which recommends that the laws requiring compulsory worship in all state schools should be appealed. The report from the independent Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life also recommends that UK Governments should introduce a statutory entitlement for all schools within the state system for a subject dealing …
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New report calls for an end to compulsory worship in schools
December 7th, 2015 | Posted by in Blog | News - (0 Comments)Government made an ‘error in law’ over exclusion of humanism from GCSE
November 30th, 2015 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)Fantastic news from the British Humanist Association (BHA) – a High Court judge has ruled that the Government made an ‘error in law’ when it left out non-religious worldviews such as humanism from the content of GCSE Religious Studies (in the curriculum in England). The BHA supported three non-religious families who wanted to challenge the …
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Support BHA’s faith schools & education campaigns
October 25th, 2015 | Posted by in Blog | News - (0 Comments)The British Humanist Association (BHA) employs the country’s only dedicated campaigner against the discriminatory and divisive faith schools system. The BHA is asking for donations so they can continue to have this post. In just the past year, the successes of the Faith Schools and Education Campaigner include: Publishing a landmark report revealing that thousands of …
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We write to Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary
October 25th, 2013 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)We have written to Dr Tristram Hunt, Labour’s new Shadow Secretary of State for Education. In our letter to Dr Hunt we set out our position as relates to education and we also ask for a meeting. We warmly welcomed Labour’s commitment to making Sex and Relationships Education compulsory in schools but urged that there …
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