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Feb 08 2012 Government: 'Forced Academies' cannot also be 'forced "faith" schools'
Failing schools compelled by the government to convert to being sponsored Academies cannot also be forced to adopt the religious character of their sponsor body. The news comes in correspondence ...
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Feb 01 2012 New rules on setting up schools in England come into force
New rules on setting up English schools introduced by the Education Act 2011 have come into force today. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has called the changes a ‘regressive step in further ...
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Jan 27 2012 Largest proposed Free School attempts to increase religious discrimination by circumventing faith-based admissions and employment laws
Becket Keys Church of England School in Brentwood, Essex, the largest Free School to have been pre-approved to open by the Department for Education, has been accused today of attempting to circumvent ...
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Jan 24 2012 Change in Free School model funding agreement requires promotion of democracy, equality of opportunity, respect, tolerance and the rule of law
Additional changes recently made by the government to Free School model funding agreement include requiring schools to promote democracy, equality of opportunity, respect, tolerance and the rule of ...
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Jan 20 2012 Nadine Dorries' abstinence education bill withdrawn... but ‘faith’ schools can still teach pupils how to 'cure gays'
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Jan 16 2012 Government: Community schools will not be able to convert to 'faith' Academies in one step
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Jan 11 2012 Just say no to Nadine Dorries' abstinence education bill!
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Jan 10 2012 Government changes Free School model funding agreement to ban creationist schools
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Jan 10 2012 Church of England Academy expansion plans could be slowed by new government rules
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Jan 09 2012 Creationist Everyday Champions Church re-launch Free School bid as ‘Exemplar Academy’
