PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Maintained Schools: Collective Worship (23 March 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that a daily act of worship is taking place in every maintained school.
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Answer
Every maintained school, academy and free school is required to ensure that collective worship takes place each day.
If the Department is informed that a school may be in breach of this requirement, it will be investigated. Where needed, the Department will remind schools of their duty on this matter and advise on how this can be met.
Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
31 March 2021
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