In a cross-post from his blog, Russell Sandberg reports on the latest progress of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill.

The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill has now completed Stage 3. On 2 March 2021, the Senedd rejected all amendments relating to the teaching of religion. The debate can be found here.

Suzy Davies MS, introducing the amendments on the teaching of religion, cited my previous blog post for Law and Religion UK. That post called for consideration of her amendment that schools with a religious character should have regard to both their trust deeds and the locally agreed Religion, Values and Ethics syllabus in designing their own RVE syllabus. Continue reading →