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UK Supreme Court rules RE taught in NI schools is unlawful

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The Christian religious education (RE) taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled.

The Supreme Court is the UK’s highest court.

In a unanimous judgement the Supreme Court allowed an appeal by an unnamed father and daughter from Northern Ireland.

In 2022, the High Court in Belfast ruled that the Christian-based RE taught at primary schools in Northern Ireland was unlawful.

However, the Department of Education (DE) subsequently won an appeal against that judgement.

But on Wednesday the Supreme Court unanimously allowed the father and daughter’s subsequent appeal and dismissed the Department’s cross-appeal.


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