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Teacher suspended for showing picture of Osama bin Laden as Prophet Muhammad in RE class
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Religious education
  • Mar 1, 2022
Furious Muslim community hits out at 'Islamophobic school' after an image of Osama Bin Laden used
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Religious education
  • Mar 1, 2022
Teacher suspended for showing class picture of Osama bin Laden as the Prophet Mohammed
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Religious education
  • Feb 28, 2022
School blasted for showing pupils photo of Osama Bin Laden as Prophet Muhammad
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Religious education
  • Feb 28, 2022
Dunstable school suspends teacher over Bin Laden image
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Religious education
  • Feb 28, 2022
Outrage as school uses picture of Osama Bin Laden to depict Prophet Muhammed
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Religious education
  • Feb 28, 2022
Trojan Horse Affair: podcast reignites questions about the place of religion in English and Welsh schools
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Trojan horse schools Religious education
  • Feb 17, 2022
The value of religious education: Are we listening?
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Religious education
  • Nov 22, 2021
Ireland: Religious education should not be compulsory, say third of RE teachers
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Ireland Religious education Curriculum reforms
  • Aug 17, 2021
Online campaign raises £50,000 for West Yorkshire teacher in prophet row
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Fundraising Blasphemy Religious education
  • Jul 12, 2021
Nearly £50,000 is raised for teacher who was suspended after showing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad
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Fundraising Blasphemy Religious education
  • Jul 11, 2021
Why including social sciences is important when delivering good RE
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Social sciences RE Religious education
  • Jun 26, 2021
Teacher suspended after showing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad to pupils refuses to return to work over fears for his life
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Teacher welfare Safety Religion Protests RE Religious education
  • Jun 18, 2021
Fury as student teacher is reprimanded for saying he supports staff member 'who showed Prophet Muhammad cartoon to pupils'
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Religious education
  • May 13, 2021
Research review series: religious education
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RE Religious education Ofsted review
  • May 12, 2021
Ofsted publishes research review on religious education
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RE Religious education Ofsted review
  • May 12, 2021
Ofsted: Six ways to improve RE teaching
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Ofsted RE Religious education Curriculum reforms
  • May 12, 2021
Speed read: Ofsted’s guide to a ‘high-quality’ RE curriculum
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Religious education RE Ofsted Curriculum reforms
  • May 12, 2021
Government has ‘washed its hands’ of teacher who showed Mohammed pictures
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Religious education
  • May 3, 2021
Teaching union donated to Islamic charity that published name of Muhammad cartoon row teacher
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Religious education Unions Safety Donations Protests
  • Apr 1, 2021
Batley teacher’s union donated money to charity that accused him of ‘terrorism’
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Religious education Unions Donations Safety Protests
  • Mar 31, 2021
Batley Grammar School announces independent investigation into Prophet Muhammad cartoon incident
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Religious education Protests Suspension Free speech Investigations
  • Mar 31, 2021
Justin Welby backs free speech in Batley Grammar School Prophet cartoon row
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Religious education Free speech Suspension Protests
  • Mar 31, 2021
Muhammad cartoon row school launches independent probe into RSE lessons
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Religious education RSE Curriculum Protests
  • Mar 30, 2021
Batley teacher, 29, 'fearing for his life after death threats' over Prophet Muhammed row
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Religious education Suspension Safety Teacher support Protests
  • Mar 29, 2021
Teacher who sparked Prophet Muhammad class row fears he’ll be murdered & blasts school for ‘throwing him under the bus’
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Religious education Suspension Safety Protests Teacher support
  • Mar 29, 2021
Teacher tells father of fears for his life over Prophet Muhammad row
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Religious education Safety Protests Suspension Teacher support
  • Mar 29, 2021
‘I fear I will be murdered’, says teacher who showed Mohammed cartoons
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Religious education Suspension Protests Safety Teacher support
  • Mar 29, 2021
Pupils back suspended teacher in Prophet Muhammad cartoon row and say 'he is not racist'
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Religious education Suspension Racism Teacher support
  • Mar 29, 2021
Batley Grammar School: Parents call for calm as petition supporting teacher passes 60,000
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Religious education Petition Suspension Reinstatement
  • Mar 29, 2021
Mosque leaders call on furious protesters to stop gathering outside Yorkshire school as petition calling for suspended teacher to be reinstated nears 60,000 signatures
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Religious education Suspension Reinstatement Protests
  • Mar 29, 2021
Tens of thousands want Prophet teacher reinstated
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Religious education Suspension Reinstatement Protests
  • Mar 29, 2021
Mosque leaders ask protesters to step back after school takes action in Prophet Mohammed row
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Religious education Suspension Protests
  • Mar 28, 2021
Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad 'had been on school's curriculum for two years
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Religious education Curriculum Protests
  • Mar 26, 2021
'It's about raising awareness': Muslims in Batley on school protest
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Religious education Protests
  • Mar 26, 2021
'Prophet Mohammed school row death threats are wrong - but so was showing cartoon'
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Religious education Protests
  • Mar 26, 2021
How a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has fractured a Yorkshire school
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Religious education Protests
  • Mar 26, 2021
Batley Muhammad cartoon row: School shuts as situation ‘hijacked by extremists on both sides’
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School closures Religious education Suspension
  • Mar 26, 2021
Batley cartoon row 'hijacked by extremists on both sides', says Warsi
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Protests Religious education
  • Mar 26, 2021
Teacher who sparked angry protest after showing class ‘Prophet Mohammed cartoons’ is now under police protection
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Religious education Suspension Safety
  • Mar 26, 2021
Batley Grammar School closes for second day as protesters gather in wake of Prophet Mohammed row
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Protests Religious education
  • Mar 26, 2021
Batley Grammar row: Why are protesters lining up over Prophet Muhammad cartoon?
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Religious education Protests
  • Mar 26, 2021
Protests continue at school as teacher ‘threatened’ for showing Mohammad cartoon
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Protests Religious education
  • Mar 26, 2021
Teacher who showed pupils Muhammad cartoon "under police protection" amid backlash
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Religious education Suspension Safety
  • Mar 26, 2021
Gavin Williamson condemns death threats against Batley Grammar School teacher suspended after showing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed
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Religious education Suspension Safety Gavin Williamson
  • Mar 26, 2021
Gavin Williamson enters row over cartoon of Prophet Muhammad
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Religious education Suspension Safety Misconduct Gavin Williamson
  • Mar 26, 2021
Gavin Williamson condemns protest at school where Muhammad cartoon shown in religious studies class
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Gavin Williamson Suspension Religious education Protests
  • Mar 25, 2021
Teacher suspended over use of Charlie Hebdo cartoons
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Religious education Suspension Misconduct
  • Mar 25, 2021
Prophet Muhammad cartoon sparks Batley Grammar School protest
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Protests Suspension Religious education
  • Mar 25, 2021
'Never acceptable to threaten teachers', says DfE
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Religious education Misconduct Threatening behaviour
  • Mar 25, 2021
Batley teacher suspended after Muslim parents protest over showing Prophet Muhammad cartoon in class
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Religious education Suspension Misconduct
  • Mar 25, 2021
Teacher 'sincerely sorry' after showing 'Prophet Muhammad cartoon' in RE class
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Religious education Suspension Misconduct
  • Mar 25, 2021
Yorkshire school suspends teacher after Prophet Muhammad protests – statement in full
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Misconduct Suspension Religious education
  • Mar 25, 2021
Message circulated online names teacher in Charlie Hebdo cartoon allegations at Yorkshire school
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Misconduct Suspension Religious education
  • Mar 25, 2021
The future of religious education in England
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RE Religious education Curriculum
  • Jun 23, 2020
Catholic schools call for changes to RE in Wales to be scrapped
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Curriculum Wales RE Religious education
  • Jun 23, 2020
Schools urged to teach all religions – archive, 21 May 1976
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Religious education
  • May 21, 2020
RE popularity boost with 30% rise in trainee teachers
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Religious education Teacher training SKE Subject knowledge enhancement
  • May 12, 2020
Compulsory religious education 'may breach human rights'
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Human rights Religious education Wales
  • Feb 8, 2020
Anti-LGBT teaching protesters claim 'white' bias after school gates ban upheld
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Parents Protests Curriculum Sex education Religious education LGBT Exclusion zone Legal action Primary
  • Nov 26, 2019
Parents hope secular education victory leads to repeal of law
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Religious education Secular
  • Nov 24, 2019
20,000 sent to faith schools despite requesting secular education
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Faith schools Secular education Religious education
  • Sep 30, 2019
Almost 1 in 3 teachers report kids being withdrawn from RE, and 4 other NATRE survey findings
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RE Religious education
  • Sep 27, 2019
Pupils pulled from RE lessons to study other subjects
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RE Religious education Curriculum
  • Sep 27, 2019
Primary RE 1000 - kick-start ‘Better Religious Education’ in your school
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Religious education RE
  • Sep 24, 2019
Teachers are losing their religion (part two)
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Teachers Teaching Religious education
  • Aug 5, 2019
Good news and bad news: conflicting views on campus evangelism
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Religious education
  • Jul 13, 2019
Parents launch legal action to stop Catholic school academy plan
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Catholic Religious education
  • Jul 9, 2019
Study claims parents don't want their children to learn about Islam
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Religious education Islam Parents
  • Jun 28, 2019
Don’t allow parents to take pupils out of RE, say heads
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RE Religious education Curriculum Compulsory
  • Jun 27, 2019
Parents should be stopped from withdrawing children from religious education over Islam lessons, headteachers say
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Withdrawals Religious education RE Islam
  • Jun 27, 2019
Second police probe launched after another alleged social media exam leak
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AQA GCSEs Religious education Social media
  • Jun 23, 2019
Police investigate leak of GCSE religious studies exam paper
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GCSEs Exam malpractice AQA Religious education
  • Jun 23, 2019
Wales unveils experience-rich curriculum
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Wales Curriculum reforms Religious education
  • Jun 10, 2019
Impact of curriculum change on RE - NATRE secondary survey 2019
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Curriculum RE Religious education Survey
  • Feb 12, 2019
This much I know about…why Christine Counsell is right about teaching knowledge and cultural capital
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RE Religious education
  • Feb 10, 2019
Children shouldn’t be able to skip RE
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RE Religious education Compulsory
  • Feb 4, 2019
Scotland: Racism warning as Muslim pupils asked to draw God
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Racism Scotland Muslim Religious education
  • Jan 29, 2019
Nearly half of primary teachers have three hours of RE training or less
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Religious education Qualifications Primary schools Trainee teachers
  • Jan 26, 2019
Parents in Essex withdraw children from RE lessons over objections to Islam
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RE Islam Religious education
  • Jan 8, 2019
How RE teachers see religion – and why it can be bad for pupils
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RE Religious education
  • Dec 14, 2018
The teachers asking pupils to make the case for Christmas have a lesson for us all | Gaby Hinsliff
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Christmas RE Religious education Teachers Teaching Curriculum
  • Dec 7, 2018
Yorkshire school that 'cancelled Christmas' reinstates it after hundreds of letters
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Christmas RE Religious education
  • Dec 5, 2018
Christmas cheer at Lady Lumley's School after ban lifted
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Christmas RE Religious education
  • Dec 5, 2018
RE resource project launches
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RE Religious education Resources
  • Nov 21, 2018
Jewish school warned for solely teaching RE in Year 8
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Jewish DfE Religious education
  • Oct 11, 2018
New plan for RE needs to consider how secularism over two centuries helped plant the seeds of religious extremism
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Religious education CORE Secular
  • Sep 28, 2018
Commission proposes new subject of religion and worldviews to replace outdated RE
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RE Religious education Curriculum
  • Sep 12, 2018
Teaching worldviews could enhance Religious Education in schools
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RE Religious education
  • Sep 10, 2018
Call to change RE to ‘religion and world views’
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Religious education
  • Sep 9, 2018
Major shake-up proposed for religious education to better reflect modern Britain
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Religious education Syllabus
  • Sep 9, 2018
Call for atheism to be included in religious education
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Religious education Syllabus
  • Sep 9, 2018
Atheism lessons in RE shake-up
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Religious education Curriculum
  • Sep 9, 2018
'Teach religion and worldviews instead of RE'
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Religious education Syllabus
  • Sep 9, 2018
Report calls for less religion in RE classes
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Religious education Syllabus
  • Sep 9, 2018
Religious Education should be re-branded as 'Religion and Worldviews' to ensure survival, report says
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Religious education Syllabus
  • Sep 9, 2018
RE numbers are lowest for decade
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Religious education GCSEs Charles Clarke
  • Aug 20, 2018
Let’s not turn RE into a weapon in the war against Catholic schools
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RE Religious education Church schools
  • Jul 25, 2018
The Guardian view on religious education: bring it up to date
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Religious education Charles Clarke
  • Jul 19, 2018
Teachers try to force religious education on schools
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RE Religious education Curriculum
  • Jul 18, 2018
Parents should not be allowed to opt children out of RE classes, former Education Secretary says
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Religious education RE Curriculum Diversity
  • Jul 17, 2018
Religious education 'vital for diversity'
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Religious education Diversity Charles Clarke
  • Jul 17, 2018
Religious education needs overhaul to reflect UK, says report
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Religious education Diversity Charles Clarke
  • Jul 17, 2018
RE should be renamed Religion, Beliefs and Values, says new Clarke/Woodhead report
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Religious education Diversity Charles Clarke
  • Jul 17, 2018
Taking children out of RE lessons should be banned, Charles Clarke says
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Religious education
  • Jun 9, 2018
Parents are pulling children from RE lessons – so they don’t learn about Islam
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RE Religious education Islam Curriculum
  • May 8, 2018
Complete NATRE's survey to improve support and resources for RE in primary schools
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Survey RE Religious education Primary
  • May 1, 2018
Parents pull children from RE lessons to stop them learning about Islam, teachers warn
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Parents RE Religious education Islamophobia Anti-Semitism
  • Apr 12, 2018
Daily roundup 12 April: Free bus travel, homelessness, and religious education
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Transport Religious education RE Homelessness Islamophobia
  • Apr 12, 2018
Teachers blast 'racist' parents pulling children from RE classes because they don't want them to learn about Islam
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Parents RE Religious education Islamophobia Anti-Semitism
  • Apr 12, 2018
Prejudiced parents abuse the right to withdraw children from RE classes, say teachers
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Parents Prejudice RE Religious education Islamophobia Anti-Semitism
  • Apr 11, 2018
Prejudiced parents 'abusing right to withdraw children from RE lessons'
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Parents Withdrawals RE Religious education Islamophobia Anti-Semitism
  • Apr 11, 2018
Prejudiced parents 'abusing right to withdraw children from RE lessons'
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Parents RE Religious education Withdrawals Islamophobia Anti-Semitism
  • Apr 11, 2018
ATL: ‘Keep parents from selectively withdrawing pupils from RE’
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Unions RE Withdrawals Religious education Anti-Semitism Islamophobia
  • Apr 11, 2018
Long read: The battle for the soul of RE
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Religious education
  • Mar 17, 2018
Why are some people worried about faith schools?
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Faith schools Values Curriculum Religious education Muslim Extremism
  • Mar 2, 2018
Ireland: Ending of school indoctrination is to be celebrated
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Religious education Ireland
  • Feb 24, 2018
Recruitment campaign aims to boost RE teacher numbers
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RE Religious education Teacher recruitment
  • Feb 21, 2018
Is religion really a toxic brand? | Letters
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RE Religious education
  • Feb 20, 2018
Lack of RE teachers could ‘lead to bigotry’
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RE Religious education Teacher shortages Bigotry
  • Feb 19, 2018
Lack of good RE teachers ‘adds to risk of bigotry’
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RE Teacher shortages Religious education Bigotry Teacher training Teacher recruitment
  • Feb 19, 2018
Religious education in schools is in crisis after applications to teach the subject drops by 40%
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Religious education Teacher recruitment
  • Feb 17, 2018
The Guardian view on religious education: teach humanism too | Editorial
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Religion Religious education RE Humanism
  • Feb 16, 2018
Lack of good religious education ‘leaves pupils at risk’
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Curriculum RE Religious education Teacher shortages
  • Feb 16, 2018
RE 'endangered', as teacher training applications drop by 38%
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RE Religious education Teacher shortages Teacher training ITT
  • Feb 16, 2018
iGCSE loophole allows schools to teach one religion
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iGCSEs Religious education GCSEs
  • Dec 3, 2017
‘Outdated and incoherent’ RE curriculum needs overhaul, academics say
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Religious education RE Curriculum
  • Nov 17, 2017
People think politics should replace religious studies in schools, poll shows
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Secondary schools Curriculum Religious education Politics
  • Nov 6, 2017
Qatari princess to open Arabic school in London
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Evening Standard Schools Religion Religious education
  • Oct 4, 2017
University bosses defend decision to exclude RE teacher
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Mail Universities HE Higher Education Religious education Teaching
  • Oct 4, 2017
Schools are ditching AD and BC in RE lessons
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Religious education
  • Oct 1, 2017
Quarter of schools ‘failing in their duty to teach RE’
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Religious education
  • Sep 17, 2017
Secondary schools are 'breaking law by not offering religious education'
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Secondary schools Religious education
  • Sep 17, 2017
Religious education not provided for many school pupils, suggest campaigners
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Religious education
  • Sep 17, 2017
Schools break law on religious education, research suggests
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Religious education Secondary schools
  • Sep 17, 2017
The GCSE religious revolution
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Huffington Post GCSEs Religious education RE Secondary schools
  • Sep 4, 2017
Humanists to argue in court for place on RE councils
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TES Primary schools Secondary schools RE Discrimination Religious education
  • Jul 19, 2017
Ireland : we must address baptism barrier to schools, says Richard Bruton
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Times Ireland School admissions Faith schools Religious education
  • May 29, 2017
Church of England: stop parents from refusing RE lessons
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The Educator Religious education Church of England Parents
  • May 1, 2017
Stop playing down pain of Christ’s death, teachers urged
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Scotsman Scotland Religious education
  • Apr 15, 2017

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