CYP Now - Government reaffirms commitment to madrassa inspections

The government has said it still intends to push ahead with plans to inspect out-of-school education settings such as Islamic madrassas and church youth groups, close to a year after draft proposals were put out to consultation.

Under government plans that went out to consultation in November 2015, out-of-school settings would become subject to inspection if they are providing a child with more than six hours a week of education.

But there has been no word from government on the outcome of the consultation, which closed on 11 January. Since then Theresa May has taken over from David Cameron as Prime Minister and Justine Greening has taken over from Nicky Morgan as Education Secretary.

However, a government response to a report on counter terrorism by the joint committee on human rights reveals that the government remains committed to inspections of out-of-school settings.

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