Schools
Next week, Humanists UK will be intervening in a landmark education case at the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal. The case has reached this stage because the Department of Education has chosen to appeal the judgment of May 2022, which found that exclusively Christian RE and worship in Northern Ireland schools is discriminatory. Humanists UK, which… Read more »
The infrastructure of the assurance scheme built by British Game Assurance (BGA) will be transferred to Aim to Sustain (A2S), it was announced today (Monday October 16th). The transfer should be completed later in the Autumn and in the meantime, the scheme remains unchanged and open to new members. Following completion, Aim to Sustain will… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The link between financial disadvantage and low achievement at school must be broken, Nick Clegg said today. Unveiling the Liberal Democrat education policy for the party’s general election campaign with a keynote speech in London, Mr Clegg said that the link between deprivation and low achievement remained, despite Labour’s investment programme. “Despite… Read more »
By Emmeline Saunders Teachers who are black or minority ethnic (BME) face “endemic racism” within the education system, a study shows today. Over half (54 per cent) of BME teachers questioned said they have faced discrimination in their careers, research carried out by Manchester University and Education Data Surveys found. The study asked 550 BME… Read more »
