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24 April 2026

Author: David Lundie

What to make of ‘British values’ in the aftermath of Brexit?

More than 37 headteachers and representatives of professional associations have signed an open letter to Justine Greening calling for a renewed commitment to the teaching of PSHE, Citizenship and Religion in post-Brexit Britain. The letter to the Secretary of State for Education, dated Wednesday 27th July, points out that values education such as PSHE, Citizenship and Religion […]

Are teachers really ‘stormtroopers’?

Teachers often try to avoid the difficult questions in RE. But it is those questions that provide the most “teachable moments” Recent headlines have suggested that teachers are becoming “frontline stormtroopers” in a war against religious extremism. Delegates at the National Union of Teachers’ conference at Easter heard of young people telling their teachers that […]