Question follow-through · 98321
Schools: Collective Worship
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of replacing the statutory requirement for daily Christian collective worship in schools without a religious character in England with non-confessional assem
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of replacing the statutory requirement for daily Christian collective worship in schools without a religious character in England with non-confessional assem
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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6 Jan 2026
Answer published
The legislative framework for providing collective worship in England is different to that in Northern Ireland. However, the department is considering the implications of the Supreme Court judgement carefully. Schools in England already have flexibility t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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