--- title: "Humanists UK launches ‘Every Child, Every Chance’ appeal to challenge unfair faith schools system" date: "2025-10-14T11:32:33+01:00" modified: "2025-10-14T11:32:37+01:00" url: "https://humanists.uk/2025/10/14/humanists-uk-launches-every-child-every-chance-appeal-to-challenge-unfair-faith-schools-system/" post_id: 159949 categories: ["Channel Islands", "Education", "News", "Northern Ireland", "Wales"] --- # Humanists UK launches ‘Every Child, Every Chance’ appeal to challenge unfair faith schools system ![](https://i0.wp.com/humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025-10-13-LW-v1-ECEC-Social-Share-copy.webp?resize=1200%2C628&ssl=1)##### **Humanists UK has launched its 2025 Faith Schools Fundraiser, ‘*[Every Child, Every Chance](https://www.justgiving.com/page/nofaithschools2025)*’, aiming to raise £40,000 on JustGiving to support its ongoing campaign for a fair, inclusive, and non-discriminatory education system.** The appeal, launched today in an email to supporters from Humanists UK patron **Jamie Theakston**, comes as thousands of children across the UK continue to be denied a fair education due to faith-based discrimination, illegal schools, and outdated laws on compulsory worship. #### **Jamie Theakston said:** > ‘Across the UK, thousands of children are still being denied a fair education. Some are turned away from their local schools because their families don’t follow the ‘right’ faith. Others are sent to illegal, unregulated schools where they miss out on a proper education. As a father, this breaks my heart. > I’m proud to support Humanists UK’s *Every Child, Every Chance* appeal. Together, we can make sure that every child has a fair start in life, free from discrimination, exclusion, and indoctrination.’ #### **Fighting for fairness in education** Through the *Every Child, Every Chance* campaign, Humanists UK is working to: - **Expose illegal schools:** Uncovering unregistered and unsafe institutions where children are denied a broad and balanced education, and pressing the Government and Ofsted to close loopholes that allow such schools to persist. - **Challenge discriminatory admissions:** Supporting parents whose children are excluded from local schools because of faith-based selection, and campaigning to extend the 50% cap on faith admissions to all schools through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. - **End compulsory worship:** Advocating for inclusive assemblies that unite, not divide, children, and urging reform of collective worship laws to reflect a modern, diverse Britain. - **Push for curriculum reform:** Making sure the Curriculum and Assessment Review delivers a balanced syllabus that includes both the world’s religions and humanist beliefs, with science grounded in evidence, not ideology. 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Through *[Every Child, Every Chance](https://www.justgiving.com/page/nofaithschools2025)*, we’re standing up for children’s rights to learn freely and think for themselves. We hope our supporters will join us in making that vision a reality.’ #### Notes For further comment or information, media should contact Humanists UK Director of Public Affairs and Policy Richy Thompson at or phone 0203 675 0959. Read more about our [work on education](https://humanists.uk/campaigns/current-campaigns/religious-schools/) Humanists UK is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people. Powered by over 150,000 members and supporters, we advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail. We provide ceremonies, pastoral care, education, and support services benefitting over a million people every year and our campaigns advance humanist thinking on ethical issues, human rights, and equal treatment for all.