Sacred truths: creating a humanist textbook
A new book by Michael Rosen and Annemarie Young, aimed at schools, is genuinely groundbreaking.
Education & Children
A lesson in failure
Issues at religious free schools have raised serious questions about the direction of education policy in Britain.
MPs criticise official response to Trojan Horse allegations
Education select committee says that the investigations were "worrying and wasteful".
Is atheism a “British value”? The Department for Education doesn’t think so
New schools guidance no longer recommends the study of atheism and humanism alongside religious belief systems.
Group of Pakistani private schools holds “I am not Malala day”
The All Pakistani Private Schools Federation says that the Nobel Peace laureate is "playing into the hands of the west".
Faith schools censured for failing to promote “British values”
New guidance, which requires faith schools to teach tolerance of homosexuality, sparks controversy.
Schools for scandal
Allegations of an Islamist plot to take over Birmingham schools caused a national outcry. What really happened?
Stop arking about
It’s regarded as a cuddly Bible tale for children – but is the story of Noah and God’s “genocidal tantrum” really so appropriate?
Is this the end for compulsory collective worship in schools?
National Governors' Association says legal requirement for a daily "broadly Christian" act of worship should be removed.
Are faith schools divisive?
With religion in schools under the microscope in the wake of the Birmingham "Trojan Horse" controversy, a new poll reveals that 58% of voters are opposed to state-funded religious schools