collective worship

Assemblies for All offers more than 200 inclusive assemblies for Key Stages 1 to 5 across 30 diverse themes, none of which promote one particular religion or belief, making them suitable for all pupils regardless of their religious or non-religious background.

The BHA has called for RE to become a national curriculum subject, and for the requirement for compulsory collective worship in schools to be repealed.

Teaching unions, educationists, religious bodies and humanists have issued a joint call to the government to end compulsory worship in schools.

Advocates of freedom of religion and belief are telling the government that compulsory acts of Christian worship in publicly-funded schools should be ended.