Atheist parents Lee and Lizanne Harris say their children’s human rights are being breached because Burford Primary isn’t offering any alternatives when they are removed from the assemblies.
They say the children are given an iPad and put in a separate room with a teaching assistant.
Supported by Humanists UK, the couple has been given permission by the High Court to launch a judicial review into the actions of the school.
While the school is run by the Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, it’s not classified as a faith school.
Speaking of why they wanted to take action, the couple said: “We enrolled our children into a state community school – which is meant to have no religious character – but over time we noticed harmful aspects of evangelism spreading into assembly and other parts of the school which goes against our children’s rights to receive an education free from religious interference.
“When our children go to school they shouldn’t have to participate in Christian prayers, or watch biblical scenes such as the crucifixion being acted out, nor should they have to hear from evangelical preachers who spout harmful and often divisive messages.”
Campaign group Humanists UK has long called for an overhaul of the laws surrounding school assemblies.
Currently all schools must have a daily act of broadly Christian worship.
Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson said:…
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