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Last update: Wednesday 25th March




Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced that the government plans to limit complaints over faith schools' admission policies. The new plans are intended to prevent complaints from outside the local community, which can burden school admission systems. They will also prevent secular campaign groups from bringing "vexatious complaints" against faith schools. Only local parents or the local authority will be allowed to lodge a complaint against a school.
Education	Christian Concern - 30th January 2016



Four out of 10 teachers have experienced violence from pupils in the past year, a survey for the ATL teachers union suggests. Of those who had experienced violence, 77% said they had been pushed, and around half were kicked or had an object thrown at them.
Education	BBC News - 1st February 2016



Secularist campaign groups are to be stopped from making "vexatious complaints" against the admissions systems of individual faith schools.
Education	BBC News - 25th January 2016



New research by the University of Cardiff shows there is a very real link between how well a child performs in exams and getting a healthy breakfast. A study of 5,000 children aged between nine and 11 showed children are twice as likely to score higher than average marks in assessments at 11 if they have a healthy breakfast in the morning.
Education	The Sentinel - 18th November 2015



Censorship is increasing on British university campuses, with over half imposing serious restrictions on expression, new figures have shown. According to new analysis by Spiked, 55% of campuses banned speakers, behaviours, pressure groups and songs in 2015, rising from 41% in 2014.
Education	Christian Concern - 23rd January 2016



Schools in England do not need to give non-religious views "equal air time" and should still teach that the UK is principally a Christian country, guidelines say.
Education	BBC News - 28th December 2015



Schools do not have to teach humanism on an equal footing with religious views, revised Department for Education guidance has said.
Education	Christian Institute - 8th January 2016



GCSE and A-level exams have been shifted to accommodate Muslim students who fast during Ramadan. The Joint Council for Qualifications has moved some exams forward in light of the Islamic holy month, it was revealed in a Commons education committee meeting on Wednesday.
Education	Christian Concern - 9th January 2016



The Church of England is struggling to find enough Christian head teachers to lead its 4,700 primary and secondary schools. The 4,500 primary schools and 200 secondary schools which are among the best in the country and are highly sought-after by parents, are having to recruit from other faiths or none at all to fill the posts.
Education	Bible Society - 2nd October 2015



A Christian law school must change its code of conduct to embrace homosexuality to keeps its accreditation, a court ruled in July. Trinity Western University (TWU) in British Columbia had planned to open a law school which followed a Christian ‘community covenant’ next year. Students would not be permitted to engage in ‘sexually intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman’. TWU said that the ruling violated their rights as a religious institution and plans to appeal.
Education	Evangelicals Now - September 2015



The number of pupils taking Religious Studies has fallen by 67 per cent in the past three years. The 'short' version of the course counts as half a GCSE and has been removed from Department of Education performance tables. The National Association of Teachers of RE (NATRE) blamed this on the fall.
Education	Bible Society - 21st August 2015



Thousands of UK school children are to receive lessons in 'Mindfulness'. Around 3,000 children aged 11-14 will receive instruction in mindfulness, with a similar number acting as a control group. Researchers will seek to measure the practice's effect on mental and physical wellbeing. As Dr Peter Jones and Dr Joe Boot explain, mindfulness has Buddhist origins and promotes a worldview incompatible with gospel truth.
Education	Christian Concern - 25th July 2015



Research shows that most teenagers don’t regard their Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) provision as being particularly useful and most adult professionals working with teenagers agree. In particular, students feel that it focuses too much on facts and the mechanics of reproduction, with little opportunity to explore relationships or emotions.
Education	Families First – July/August 2015



The government announced at the end of March that children from age 11 should be taught about sexual consent. The lessons are planned for mixed and single-sex state and independent schools in every part of England. The plans are being drawn up by the Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) Association, an organisation set up in 2006 to oversee PSHE teaching. PSHE will not be made a compulsory subject, according to Conservative plans. The introduction to the draft document, which is due to be launched this year, says young people should be taught about consent before they are sexually active. This, according to the document, does not equate to encouraging underage sexual activity, but in may protect children from exploitation and abuse.
Education	Evangelicals Now - May 2015



The next Free Church of Scotland Moderator, David Robertson has accused the British Humanist Association of “sheer hypocrisy” after it emerged that they would be distributing books promoting atheism to every secondary school in Scotland. The distribution of ‘The Young Atheists Handbook: Lessons for Living a Good Life without God’ comes just a few months after the Humanist Society of Scotland secured a ban on a Christian book from Scottish primary schools.
Education	Christian Concern - 23rd May 2015

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