Its education spokesperson, Suella Braverman, says every school would be required to sing Christian hymns on a regular basis. She has said the requirement would be backed by law and guidance, that Reform would look at using Ofsted to check compliance, and that ‘there will be consequences’ for those that do not.
This should concern everyone who believes children deserve an education that respects their freedom of thought.
Schools should educate children, not impose religion on them
In 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that exclusively Christian Religious Education and collective worship in Northern Ireland amounted to ‘indoctrination’. And in England, the courts have said that schools have a duty to give equal respect in education to religious and non-religious beliefs, including humanism.
But what Reform UK is proposing is the opposite of this: Christianity for every child, or else! That is exactly the kind of fusion of religion, national identity, and political power that we should be guarding against.
Britain’s schools serve children from every religion and belief background, including huge numbers who are non-religious.
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