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April 22, 2020

Independent school pupils 'twice as likely' to get daily online lessons

Independent schools and state schools in affluent areas are more likely to have online platforms that allow them to broadcast classes online, or receive work submitted by a class.
March 12, 2020

First fully selective faith school in nearly a decade to be fully state funded

The school in Peterborough , which is due to be the first new state funded school in England in over a decade that can operate a fully discriminatory admissions policy, is set to be entirely funded by the taxpayer.
November 22, 2019

Academy trust backs down in Collective Worship legal challenge

The Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust has conceded the demands of two parents who legally challenged the extent of Christian activities and the poor alternative provision to daily Christian worship at their child’s non-faith community school.
October 11, 2018

Coalition of academics calls for end to collective worship in state schools

A coalition of leading UK academics has called for an end to collective worship in English state schools, arguing that all children need to be given the freedom to make up their own minds on the merits of particular religious beliefs.
June 19, 2018

New report finds non-religious discriminated against by state faith schools

A new report gives detailed analysis of the admissions policies of every state faith secondary school in England.
March 7, 2018

Open letter calls for Education Secretary to keep faith school admissions cap

A group of religious leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and prominent public figures have signed a joint letter calling on the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds to reconsider a proposal to allow fully segregated intakes in new and existing religious free schools.
July 9, 2015

Quakers in Britain oppose expansion of cadets into state schools

Quakers in Britain say the budget pledge to expand cadet forces across 500 state schools is further evidence of the creeping militarisation of schools in England
December 22, 2010

Stark statistics reveal reality of class divide in higher education

Pupils from fee-paying schools are 55 times more likely to gain a place at Oxford or Cambridge than those who qualified for free school meals.