New petition calls for an end to compulsory worship in schools (UK)

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A petition has been launched calling on political parties to commit to ending compulsory worship in schools.

With parties developing their education policies ahead of next year's general election, the petition calls on the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats to make a commitment to removing the requirement on schools to hold acts of worship in their future plans for education.

The legal obligation on schools in England and Wales to provide 'broadly Christian' acts of worship was introduced by the 1944 Education Act, but is widely flouted by schools.

In a recent BBC commissioned ComRes poll, 64% of parents reported that their children did not attend daily worship at school. Just 30% of parents said the law that prescribes a daily act of worship should be enforced.

http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2014/07/new-petition-calls-for-an-end-to-compulsory-worship-in-schools