Religious parents want Harry Potter banned from the classroom because it 'glorifies witchcraft'

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44. There was a recent court ruling that the RE exam was unfairly excluding non-religious views

Education secretary made ‘error of law’ on new religious studies GCSE – high court

Parents challenging the government’s new religious studies GCSE, which they say relegates non-religious worldviews, have welcomed a high court ruling in their favour.

Mr Justice Warby said the education secretary, Nicky Morgan, had erred in asserting that the GCSE, due to come into effect in September next year, would “fulfil the entirety of the state’s RE [religious education] duties”.

That assertion was, he said, in breach of the government’s duty to ensure that the wider school curriculum ensured knowledge was conveyed “in a pluralistic manner”, and information was given about atheism and other non-religious viewpoints.

The ruling was a victory for three families, supported by the British Humanist Association (BHA), who claimed Morgan had taken a skewed approach and was failing to reflect in schools the pluralistic nature of the UK.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/25/education-secretary-made-error-of-law-on-new-religious-studies-gcse-high-court

Which makes me think the head-teachers who say in the article 'oh well, use something other than Harry Potter, to keep the fundamentalists quiet' are doing a bad job.