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        <title>Down’s syndrome Team GB swimmer inspiring others in the pool</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/downs-syndrome-team-gb-swimmer-inspiring-others-in-the-pool/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A young woman with Down’s syndrome has been praised for passing on her love of swimming to others.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Humanist headteacher fails in attempt to ditch Christian assemblies for LGBT course</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/humanist-headteacher-fails-in-attempt-to-ditch-christian-assemblies-for-lgbt-course/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A humanist headteacher’s attempt to promote LGBT ideology over Christian values in her school has been quashed.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 08:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Next PM urged to ‘stand up for free speech’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/next-pm-urged-to-stand-up-for-free-speech/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Protecting freedom of expression should be a political priority, a free speech advocate has told the Tory leadership candidates.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ofsted chief tells schools to avoid &#039;woke&#039; teaching</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ofsted-chief-tells-schools-to-avoid-woke-teaching/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman has said schools and colleges should maintain impartiality when addressing controversial subjects.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Parents withdraw 600 children from Birmingham school over LGBT lessons</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/parents-withdraw-600-children-from-birmingham-school-over-lgbt-lessons/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ An estimated 600 pupils have been withdrawn from a school in Birmingham after parents raised concerns that their children were being ‘brainwashed’ by LGBT lessons.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>MPs grill Ofsted chief over ‘anti-faith agenda’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-grill-ofsted-chief-over-anti-faith-agenda/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Faith communities are “incredibly anxious” about Ofsted, and the organisation must do more to ease their worries, a senior MP has told the organisation’s Chief Inspector.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 13:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ofsted downgrades nursery – citing concerns about extremism</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ofsted-downgrades-nursery-citing-concerns-extremism/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A pre-school nursery has been downgraded by Ofsted, with inspectors saying staff need to do more to protect toddlers from “extreme behaviours or views”.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ofsted chief grilled over push to exert ‘muscular liberalism’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ofsted-chief-grilled-push-exert-muscular-liberalism/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Amanda Spielman, who leads schools’ watchdog Ofsted, has been challenged on the BBC over her efforts to promote “muscular liberalism”.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Jews challenge Ofsted over threats to religious values</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/jews-challenge-ofsted-threats-religious-values/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Jewish people have called on the Government to protect their religious freedom, in the face of opposition from Ofsted.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Charles Moore: Must religion always lose in battle with equality?</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/charles-moore-must-religion-always-lose-battle-equality/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Religion will come second to &#8216;equality&#8217; as long as “secularists are allowed to sit in judgment in a kangaroo court”, former newspaper editor Charles Moore has said.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘Intolerant’ Ofsted challenged over sex questions at school inspection</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/intolerant-ofsted-challenged-sex-questions-school-inspection/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Ofsted’s inspection of a Jewish school which left young girls feeling “severely shaken” has been slammed by media commentators.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Secularists welcome Ofsted&#039;s &#039;muscular&#039; speech</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/secularists-welcome-ofsteds-muscular-speech/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A secular campaign group has praised the head of Ofsted for “rebuking” the Church of England with her comments on “muscular liberalism”.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Institute to Ofsted: Don’t use liberalism as a cover for secularism</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/institute-ofsted-dont-use-liberalism-cover-secularism/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Ofsted must not take the Chief Inspector’s call for “muscular liberalism” as an opportunity to enforce aggressive secularism, The Christian Institute has warned.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ofsted warned: Don’t tar all faith schools with same brush</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some faith schools are among the best schools in the country and should not be dismissed as ‘anti-British values’, a commentator has said. 
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ofsted to march on with contentious ‘British values’ drive</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ofsted will try to give its ‘British values’ drive a new lease of life, despite it being mired in controversy for the last three years.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Former gay rights campaigner handed top Ofsted post</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A “proud former Stonewall campaigner” has been handed a leading role at schools’ regulator Ofsted.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Nicky Morgan shuns MPs advice on new Ofsted chief</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Schools&#8217; regulator Ofsted is under scrutiny again after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said she will force through the appointment of its new head, despite strong opposition from MPs.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;British values&#039; agenda criticised by Bishop of London</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Government efforts to promote &#8216;British values&#8217; in schools could play a part in turning the State into an &#8220;ideologically driven Big Brother&#8221;, the Bishop of London has warned.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ofsted: &#039;Parents must ensure kids tolerate other faiths&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ofsted-parents-must-ensure-kids-tolerate-other-faiths/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Chief Inspector of Schools has said that parents who choose for their children to be educated according to their own faith must ensure they are tolerant of other religions.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Majority of top-performing primaries are faith schools</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/majority-of-top-performing-primaries-are-faith-schools/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The latest league tables have revealed that over half of the top-performing primaries in England are faith schools. 
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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