More than two in three leaders do not support collective worship law in schools

More than two in three senior leaders in state schools do not support a law which requires daily acts of collective worship in school, a survey suggests.

The Government must recognise the “divisive and deeply unpopular nature” of the collective worship law in schools and repeal it, the National Secular Society (NSS) has said.

Schools in England are legally required to hold daily acts of collective worship – and in schools without a religious character, it should be “wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character”.