Fabulous news:
Here's the full story on our legal case to win recognition of Humanism in the English Religious Studies GCSE.
This judgment means that schools across the country will have to include non-religious worldviews such as Humanism, and pupils taking the GCSE will have to learn about non-religious worldviews alongside the course.
The judgement also said that 'the state must accord equal respect to different religious convictions, and to non-religious beliefs' - which makes today a h... See More
I am all for RE education to encourage more tolerance and understanding- but I've always argued with colleagues that humanism/Atheism should also be studied as valid options. And always had concerns about RE, in my experience in all the schools I taught at, being taught by evangelical Christians who put a very heavy slant on the course.
Last weekend, in Rutland, the first statue in Britain of the late Elizabeth II was unveiled.