The Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education is a campaign coalition of civil society groups and individuals which seeks to ensure all state funded schools in England and Wales are made open and suitable for all, regardless of staff, children or their family's religious or non-religious beliefs. Launched in 2008, the group campaigns for state funded schools to better facilitate religious mixing and the growth of mutual understanding between those of different beliefs, in the interests of equal opportunity, integration and cohesion in society.
12-439: Accord spokespersons regularly appear in the media to express the concerns of its members. The Coalition ran an annual award for over ten years to celebrate those schools that do most to promote mutual understanding and improve community cohesion. It also maintains a databank of information, which brings together and summarises research about the current policy implications of state funded faith schools and their practices. It released
24-557: A proposed merger with the National Union of Teachers to form a new union known as the National Education Union , which came into existence on 1 September 2017. At that time, approximately 120,000 individuals belonged to the union (apart from those professions included in the name, education support staff and teaching assistants were also members), making it the third largest teaching and education union in
36-645: A report highlighting work it had undertaken in September 2018 to mark its 10th anniversary. Accord does not take a formal position on the principle of having state funded schools with a religious or philosophical ethos. Its five key campaign objectives are: • To prevent discrimination on the basis of religion and belief in pupil admissions and in recruitment and employment of staff in faith schools • To ensure that schools follow an objective and balanced syllabus for education about religious and non-religious beliefs to ensure that children grow up with an understanding of
48-729: The Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association ( AMMA ), with a membership of approximately 75,000. The name was changed in 1993 to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL). ATL affiliated to the TUC in 1999. It resigned from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 2015. In January 2011, the Association for College Management merged into ATL. The ATL merged with the National Union of Teachers in 2017, forming
60-636: The National Education Union . Association of Assistant Mistresses The Association of Assistant Mistresses (AAM) was a trade union representing female teachers in British secondary schools. The union was founded in 1884 as the Association of Assistant Mistresses in Secondary Schools Incorporated , the last part of the name later being dropped. Membership of the union grew steadily, reaching 1,000 in 1910, and 39,000 in 1978. That year, single sex unions were banned, and
72-657: The UK. ATL had members throughout England , Scotland , Wales , Northern Ireland , the Channel Islands , the Isle of Man , and British Service schools overseas. The ATL brand continues as a section or subsidiary of the National Education Union. ATL was led by its Executive Committee who were assisted by a General Secretary. All senior officers and officials were elected by an Association wide ballot and
84-643: The end of 2021, the Chair of the Accord Coalition was the Reverend Stephen Terry, a former Church of England Parish Priest. Its founding Chair and current President is Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain MBE, minister of Maidenhead Synagogue. Its individual supporters include academics, clergy, theologians and politicians from the four largest groupings in parliament. Accord co-founder, Jonathan Bartley ,
96-653: The extent to which they promote community cohesion Accord was founded by a range of organisations including the Association of Teachers and Lecturers , Humanists UK , Ekklesia , the Hindu Academy and the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (renamed OneBodyOneFaith in June 2017). It also lists as member groups the race equality think tank The Runnymede Trust ., British Muslims for Secular Democracy , and The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches . At
108-508: The main religion and belief traditions in society • To replace the widely flouted laws that demand all state schools provide daily Collective Worship, with requirements to provide inclusive assemblies that focus on shared values • That RE, Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education and Citizenship are brought under a single inspection regime to help ensure they their provision is thorough, broad and balanced • That Ofsted's inspection powers are revised so it again inspects schools on
120-576: The newly formed Burnham Committee on Salaries in Secondary Schools . 1891 saw the formation of the Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools (AMA). Its purpose was to protect and improve the conditions of service of secondary teachers. Between 1899 and 1908, it played an influential part in obtaining security of tenure for assistant teachers through the Endowed Schools Act . Then in 1978 AAM and AMA merged to form
132-545: The overall direction was determined by the Annual Conference which had delegates from each branch. The ATL President served a one-year term. The origins of ATL go back to 1884 when 180 women met to create the Association of Assistant Mistresses (AAM). These women worked in schools founded for higher education of girls . Their concern was primarily for the pupils. However, in 1921, the AAM appointed representatives to
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#1732779492670144-675: Was elected joint leader of the Green Party of England and Wales in September 2016 and again in September 2018. Association of Teachers and Lecturers The Association of Teachers and Lecturers ( ATL ) was a trade union , teachers' union and professional association , affiliated to the Trades Union Congress , in the United Kingdom representing educators from nursery and primary education to further education . In March 2017, ATL members endorsed
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