Govt climb down over 100% selective religous schools, but plans Leicester SECULARIST Journal of the Leicester Secular Society Summer 2018 - no 78 TWhe sHchoEolN wit hW the I“uLnLlaw fIuTlly dBiscrEim iCnaLtorOy” ScurEricDulu?m Ofsted have found the private Leicester Community Islamic School, to be almost totally inadequate. This is the second time that Ofsted have made such a finding. The Ofsted report describes the school's curriculum as “unlawfully discriminatory.” It found that girls had no any access to a library and that the curriculum's “insular ethos” meant pupils were “ill prepared for life in British Society.” T h e i n s p e c t o r s f o u n d “Inappropriate” reading material in Please pay The Leicester Community Islamic School on Overton Road occupies former your annual the boys' library: one book condoned factory premises. There are no playing fields or car park. (Google street view) violence towards women by their Subs husbands if the wife was deemed not choice to socialise with the opposite refused planning permission with Dear Member, sex with the consequent loss of the result that the City Council took to be fulfilling her duties. It said that If you have not yet paid your subs a husband had no recourse but to educational benefit. enforcement action. It refused yet, please pay now and save our “divorce his wife” if she refused to Local Parks planning permission once again Treasurer from having to chase you. The subs for 2018 are being frozen at bear a child. The school's website says that before eventually giving conditional the same level as 2017. They are: Strict Segregation seeking of knowledge is obligatory approval in 2006. 5/5 for Inadequate Individuals £21, Low income £7 The school operates a policy of strict upon every Muslim. Thus for a Household (multiple members) £28 segregation by sex. The building is Muslim there is no distinction between In 2014, Ofsted found the school to be Please send your cheques, made on two floors, the girls being religious and secular education. inadequate. Its overall effectiveness, payable to Leicester Secular Society, to: the achievement of the pupils, the educated on the ground floor and the The school uses local parks for break John Catt, 32 Bramcote Road boys on the first floor. There are times and the Spence Street Sports quality of teaching, the behaviour Loughborough LE11 2 SA separate entrances for each sex. Boys Centre for physical education. The and safety of pupils, leadership and If you use internet banking, you can and girls have different starting and fees for this Sunni Muslim school are management were all judged to be credit the Society’s bank account as finishing times and do not mix at £1,680. inadequate. It is almost impossible to follows ACCOUNT NO 20195380 break or lunch times. The school's Former Factory get a worse Ofsted report. Four years SORT CODE 60-83-01 website states that there is 'no mixing later, the school was judged to The Leicester Community Islamic Please confirm such transfers with an of the pupils at the secondary level.' beinadequate in four out of those five School was established in 2003 in a email to: [email protected] The Ofsted report says this policy of a r e a s , t h e f i f t h r e q u i r e d former factory and furniture John Catt (Membership Sec/Treasurer) segregation by sex denies pupils the improvement. depository. It opened despite being Leicester Secularist 5 Inside: Deathbed Conversions - Sexual Etiquette - Threats to the NHS Leicester 9 Govt climb down over 100% selective religous schools, but plans Proprietor W H AT ’ S O N In its most recent report, Ofsted asks that the proprietor holds the school’s at the leaders to account for the quality of education that the school provides. This seems a somewhat daft S e c u l a r H a l l recommendation since the head teacher of the totally inadequate Sunday May 27th 6.30pm school in 2014 was Ahmed Abdul Hai Growth Busters: Hooked on Growth Dadipatel and he is now chair of the This documentary film examines the beliefs and behaviours which stop Leicester Educational Trust which our civilization from becoming sustainable. It asks why a roaring runs the school. economy is more important to us than a survivable planet. Rules for Private schools JUNE Sunday June 3rd 6.30pm What happens to private schools Arnold August - US-Cuba relations – back to the future with Donald which are rated 'inadequate'? Those Trump that do not meet the standards must Arnold will speak about USA – Cuba relations under Trump plus the improve or close, but it is not the local recent election results in Cuba. Arnold August is a renowned Canadian council that deals with the issue. author and expert on the Cuban electoral system. (A joint LSS/Cuban When a private school fails to Solidarity event) improve, the DfE in Whitehall can Sunday June 10th 6.30pm take the school off the register. It is a Jonathan Davies - Worlds of Austerity criminal offence to operate an International lessons on governance and resistance from eight cities unregistered school, so removal from Jonathan will talk about the international experience of austerity and resistance in eight cities: Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Dublin, Leicester, the register would force the school to Melbourne, Montreal and Nantes. He is Director of the DMU Centre for close, although it does have a right of Urban Research on Austerity. appeal. Sunday June 17th 6.30pm Darul Uloom Islamic High School Ash Pryce - How to talk to the Dead In 2016 the Leicester Mercury Magician Ash Pryce presents an illusion filled, interactive look at a reported that the Darul Uloom history of Spiritualism. Ouija boards, levitations and fun galore. Islamic High School, private school Sunday June 24th 6.30pm on Loughborough Road, was to be Please pay Ipek Demir - Brexit, the Left-Behind and the Middle Classes: The ordered to shut for not preparing your annual Untold Story pupils for life in 'modern British Subs Dr Demir considers the role of race, culture, class and loss of privilege in society.' Inspectors also found the Brexit debates. She is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University Dear Member, school itself was "unsafe, shabby, and of Leicester. If you have not yet paid your subs JULY dirty", with poor hygiene. The school yet, please pay now and save our avoided closure by lodging an appeal Sunday July 1st 6.30pm Treasurer from having to chase you. in the courts and then, managed to get The subs for 2018 are being frozen at David Bell - Reds, Rebels & Radicals of the East Midlands more favourable inspection reports. the same level as 2017. They are: A look at some of the courageous men and women of Leicestershire, Failing Faith Schools Individuals £21, Low income £7 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire who took on the establishment. David Household (multiple members) £28 Bell has been writing books for the last 29 years. He is a member of Latest figures show 49% of private Please send your cheques, made Leicester Secular Society. faith schools inspected by Ofsted payable to Leicester Secular Society, to: Sunday July 8th 6.30pm were judged less than good at their John Catt, 32 Bramcote Road most recent inspection and 26% were Roy Smart - Amy Johnson – Queen of the Air Loughborough LE11 2 SA Roy Smart tells the story of Amy, her flying machines and her disastrous i n a d e q u a t e . 8 1 o u t o f 1 3 9 If you use internet banking, you can marriage, then unravels the mystery of her disappearance. Roy Smart independent Muslim schools were credit the Society’s bank account as was a Fleet Air Arm pilot and air director of many great national found to be less than good at their follows memorial events. most recent inspection, while 39 were ACCOUNT NO 20195380 Sunday July 15th 6.30pm inadequate. One-third of Christian SORT CODE 60-83-01 Summer Feast Please confirm such transfers with an schools were judged less than good, email to: [email protected] A social event to mark the end of the year's programme. Food, drink, and of 58 Jewish schools, more than John Catt (Membership Sec/Treasurer) good company and entertainment. h a l f w e r e e i t h e r “ r e q u i r e s improvement” or inadequate. Leicester Secularist 5 2 Leicester Secularist Leicester 9 Govt climb down over 100% selective religous schools, but plans from the editor PRIVATE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS - A PUBLIC DISGRACE - Secularists are united in opposition to schools being run by religious groups. However, Secularists have different views 100% selective faith schools plan dropped about private education and how education should be provided. GOVT CLIMBS DOWN, BUT...... The well known atheist A.C. from the National Secular Society Grayling engaged Richard Dawkins to teach at his private The Government has abandoned well-being amongst their pupils. £18,000 fee paying university. plans to lift the 50% cap on faith “Children from all faith backgrounds Both Grayling and Dawkins (like admissions in new free schools – should be educated together and allowed Christopher Hitchens) are former but will still pave the way for a new t o d e v e l o p t h e i r o w n b e l i e f s public school boys. wave of religiously selective independently.” Since private education is about "Voluntary-aided" faith schools.