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OpinionDon’t remove your children from school if they encounter trans pupils. It’s an opportunity to talk about difference
Equalities specialist Savitri Hensman says this Christian couple missed an opportunity to prepare their children to live in a sometimes confusing world
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Thank God for this Christian couple who forced the government to review its transgender policies
The result of Nigel and Sally Rowe’s five-year legal battle on transgender ideology in schools is a win for all children, says Caroline Farrow
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5 reasons to join the National Day of Prayer for Schools
Want to change a nation? Start with the children and young people, says Pete Baker. He makes an impassioned plea for Christians to prioritise prayer for their local schools
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I stand with jailed Enoch Burke: He was right to refuse a pupil’s preferred pronouns
No school, least of all a Christian one, ought to be confirming children down the path of gender transition, says Caroline Farrow
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So a comedian walks into a parliamentary debate on religious education... But it’s no laughing matter
In a world of increasingly polarised views, teaching RE well has many benefits. Yet it has been removed from school performance measures, received no government funding for five years and despite recruitment targets being missed, training bursaries for RE teachers have been scrapped. Paul Kerensa went to parliament to make his case
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‘My child is encountering transgender ideas at school. What are my rights as a Christian?’
What happens when there’s a clash of rights between transgender people and Christians?
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A national day of prayer for schools has been launched. Here’s how you can take part
As children go back to school today, we need churches that will commit to praying for our nation’s schools, says Pete Baker
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Teenagers want to study religion, but hundreds of schools don’t offer RE
One-third of secondary schools do not provide RE for their 14-16-year-olds. The subject has been neglected for too long, and more investment is needed from the government, says RE teacher Ben Wood
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Drop the labels: Talking about ‘white privilege’ won’t solve inequality in schools
Children from many ethnic communities largely do as well as or better than white pupils, according to a new report. Alun Ebenezer is the headteacher of a Christian school. He explains why he agrees with the chair of the education committee, that the concept of ‘white privilege’ is damaging and should be dropped.
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The CofE’s school hymns guidance panders to populism
Church schools have a duty to be distinctive and offer parents and pupils real choice, says headteacher Alun Ebenezer
