Education Secretary to Cut Public Funding to Nurseries Promoting ‘Extremist Views’
The Government has announced plans to cut public funding to nurseries that teach creationism as scientific fact or fail to promote ‘British values’, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced.
Toddlers will be expected to be taught “fundamental British values in an age-appropriate way” and nurseries that do not “support this aim” will not receive public money, Ms Morgan announced.
The promotion of ‘British values’ will be added to the early years curriculum in England, which sets out the statutory standards that all early years providers must meet.
Nurseries that teach creationism “as scientific fact” will also be ineligible for taxpayer funding under the new rules - but a government source has said: “We are absolutely not saying, ‘You can’t teach Bible stories’.”