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from Education Executive: As reported by DfE, new government proposals aim to increase good school places by allowing faith-based academies more freedom, alongside unveiling data that shows more than half of schools are now academies....
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by Andrew Tettenborn, CapX: Yesterday, the government announced a public consultation about state schools and religion. For nearly twenty years, state-backed free schools with a religious affiliation have been subject to a legal...
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by Hattie Williams, Church Times: A HIGH COURT ruling that upheld a school’s decision to ban Muslim prayer rituals does not challenge the principle of freedom of religion or belief, the Church of England’s chief education officer, the...
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by Madeleine Davies, Church Times: THE cap on the proportion of places that academies and free schools are allowed to allocate on the basis of faith may be lifted, it is reported. Funding agreements for these schools stipulate that, where...
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by Claire Ellicott, Daily Mail: The move to ditch the 50 per cent cap would be welcomed by the Conservatives. Faith schools could be allowed to choose all their pupils under government plans. Downing Street is considering dropping a...
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by Rakib Ehsan, CapX: The ban on ‘prayer rituals’ at the high-performing Michaela Community School led by the so-called ‘strictest headmistress in Britain’ – Katharine Birbalsingh – is currently being decided on in the courts, with the...
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