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  2. 11 Nov 2018

    Entirely agree with on this, and I say this as a reasonably devout Christian, have had their time. State education should, and must, be secular to avoid excluding anyone from it.

  3. Stop funding says BBC presenter with children at church school (she didn’t choose it) ⁦⁩ ⁦

  4. 3 Jan 2018

    'For too long the state’s education authorities sat idly by while the fundamental rights of children were sacrificed on the false altars of "religious freedom" and "parental choice"': have their say on

  5. Jan 2
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    Ageism towards the elderly is a problem. But please also include the young in discussions re: ageism. In the UK, children and infants do not get the same rights to have a discrimination-free education () or bodily autonomy () that adults get.

  6. 3 Sep 2018

    The reality of for non-religious pupils: "I have been called out for not standing up in Mass. I've been told that 'not responding with a significant amplitude to prayers' amounts to not supporting the school"

  7. 4 Nov 2018
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    Why allow schools to operate based on religious divisions in the first place, shame on the government!

  8. Thanks for all your suggestions re topics BTW, really appreciated them. Some of them I just can’t use as everyone would be in agreement & thus no debate. I think I am gonna go with debating

  9. 11 May 2018

    Faith schools allowed to accept 100% based on religion. full stop. Is there anything more damaging to future generations than segregating kids based on their parents’ religion? How is this going to help communities integrate? I hate this. 😔

  10. 22 Nov 2017

    Main consequence of lifting the cap would be less social integration. Evidence shows pupils going to already don't match local area (most stark is the fewer pupils from poor backgrounds). Full research:

  11. 28 Nov 2017

    And that is why faith schools do a disservice to our children. To be forced feed this rubbbish is the same as being force fed fascism at such a young age. They need an education not lessons in bigotry

  12. 10 Nov 2017

    Our week of events coming up from 13-17th November is HUMANISM WEEK and we're thrilled to announce a week jam packed with exciting events from HUMANISM 101 to a debate on ending with our Winter Ball

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  13. 18 Nov 2018

    And so it begins. If the papers are gunning for you then you know you are doing something right. You’re doing a great job Alice and nothing will ever change if it isn’t challenged.

  14. 11 May 2018

    Small victory in this piece of news, the government appears to have ditched its promise on removing the cap on faith schools which would have allowed them to allocate more than 50% of places based on religion.

  15. 11 Nov 2018

    Ill informed comment of the day - what experience of do you actually have Daniel? Both my children were at a CofE State Primary, their classmates consisted of Roman Catholics, Athiests, Muslims, Hindus and Methodists, amongst others. education

  16. 20 Dec 2017
  17. 27 Dec 2018

    Strange how those who support generally don't get their medical care at faith hospitals

  18. 13 May 2018

    The only cap there should be on is that there should be zero of them.

  19. 1 Feb 2018

    Who'd have thought that a system allowing schools to indoctrinate children would have lead to a situation where children are being indoctrinated?

  20. 5 Dec 2018

    'faith schools educate 1.9 million pupils in state-funded, mainstream primary and secondary schools' - writing ✍️ about ? Find facts, stats and relevant debates in our factsheet on the subject 👩‍🎓

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