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The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of ethically concerned, non-religious people in the UK. It is the largest organisation in the UK campaigning for an end to religious privilege and to discrimination based on religion or belief, and for a secular state.

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Groups submit bids to open 2013 Free Schools as BHA lists applicants

Today is the deadline for submitting a bid to open a Free School in 2013 , as part of the ‘third wave’ of applications. 337 groups have indicated  to the New Schools Network that they intend to bid. The British Humanist Association has been able to identify 38 proposals for ‘faith’ or pseudoscientific schools, out of 99 identified in total.Free Schools are a type of Academy, used to refer to Academies that are brand new

Nadine Dorries' abstinence education bill withdrawn... but ‘faith’ schools can still teach pupils how to 'cure gays'

Nadine Dorries MP has withdrawn her Sex Education (Required Content) Bill , which sought to secure abstinence education for girls only, according to the Guardian . However, this good news comes amid reports that JFS – a state-maintained Jewish school in London – has taught pupils  how to ‘cure gays’. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the

11 out of 55 ‘second wave’ Free Schools have religious character, Everyday Champions Academy rejected

The Department for Education (DfE) today announced the ‘second wave’ of Free Schools approved to open in 2012. The 55 Schools include 11 schools designated with a religious character, lower than the proportion that applied and the proportion of existing schools. In particular, Everyday Champions Church, the group that were explicit in their intent to set up a creationist Free School, has been rejected. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the low proportion of Free Schools that have a religious character, but still believes that any new ‘faith’ school represents a further

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