Having an intensive religious education should not prevent children having ‘suitable’ secular tuition also, the government argues
By Simon Rocker
Protests continue as proposals to regulate yeshivot advance in Parliament
Government’s new educational bill denounced as an ‘attack on fundamental rights’
The representative body says it will not be commenting on government’s new education proposals
Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations leader pleads for new Schools Bill to leave religious institutions alone
’Alarming’ new proposals to regulate religious institutions in Schools Bill are unnecessary
By Rabbi Binyomin Stern
Department for Education say Bill ‘does not prevent parents securing a faith-based education’
By Lorin Bell-Cross
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Proposals to register children being taught outside school settings are due to be debated in Parliament on Wednesday
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Hackney says it is aware of more than 1,500 children in out-of-school settings, most believed to be in strictly Orthodox institutions
The government’s Bill would make it compulsory to register children being home-schooled or taught in institutions such as yeshivot
Fear that new legislation will interfere with yeshivah education is prompting a new wave of opposition
Rabbis fear Bill proposed by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Storey will lead to interference in yeshivah education
Manifesto also pledges lifting of faith cap on free school entry
A bill to register children out of school is seen as a threat to Strictly Orthodox yeshivot
Charedi activists demonstrate outside Parliament against new Private Member’s Bill
Private member’s Bill calls for registration of children who are taught outside school
