Chichester Humanists Home Education talk 20th February 2017

Majority of people in Britain are non-religious (British Social Attitudes Survey 2010)

75% of gay pupils at faith schools are bullied (The School report, 2007)

70% of the UK believe that the church and state should be kept separate (Harris poll, 2006)

64% of people opposed government funding for faith schools

"Faith" school success is due to selection, not religion (DfES, 2006)

65% young people are not religious (DfES, 2004)

82% of parents in Northern Ireland intend to let their children choose their own religion

Only 33% believe the church offers answers to moral problems (World Values Survey, 2005)

74% of the UK believe it is wrong that bishops are given an automatic right to sit in the House of Lords (ICM poll, 2010)

81% of parents think that every child should attend sex and relationships lessons (Populus poll, 2009)

61% of boys and 70% of girls aged over 17 reported not receiving any information at school about personal relationships (Youth Parliament survey, 2007)

72% of the public are concerned that the Academies Bill could lead to taxpayers’ money being used to promote religion.

Only 4% of Catholics think that artificial contraception is wrong.

Only 10% think the religious meaning of Christmas is most important

Humanist weddings are now more popular in Scotland than those conducted by the Catholic Church

65% of people say they are not religious (YouGov)

67% of parents do not support collective worship in schools (BBC poll)

Religious people are not more likely to participate in society than non-religious people

78% of people (82% of over 55s) think that religion should be a private matter and had no place in politics (YouGov-CambridgeUniversity)

Religious people are not more likely to participate in society than non-religious people. (The Citizenship Survey)

73% of ‘census Christians’ strongly agree or tend to agree that religion should not have a special influence on public policy

The proportion of 'faith' schools continues to rise

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Chichester Humanists Home Education talk 20th February 2017

Saturday, 25 February 2017 18:14 |

Written by Andrew Edmondson |

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This talk was based around a PowerPoint presentation. Two home educators were present and gave us valuable first hand insights into home education and why parents choose it.

The PowerPoint presentation has been modified to incorporate some of their suggestions. There were many questions and everyone participated by giving their views on their own education. Paradoxically, the home educators had the best opinion of their school education.

Last Updated (Sunday, 05 March 2017 19:27)

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