Part II New framework for maintained schools
Chapter V Staffing and conduct of schools
Religious opinions etc. of staff
C159 Staff at community, secular foundation or voluntary, or special school.
1
This section applies to—
a
a community school or a community or foundation special school, or
b
a foundation or voluntary school which does not have a religious character.
C2C32
No person shall be disqualified by reason of his religious opinions, or of his attending or omitting to attend religious worship—
a
from being a teacher at the school, or
b
from being employed F1or engaged for the purposes of the school otherwise than as a teacher.
C2C33
No teacher at the school shall be required to give religious education F2(in the case of a school in England) or to provide teaching and learning in Religion, Values and Ethics (in the case of a school in Wales).
C2C34
No teacher at the school shall receive any less remuneration or be deprived of, or disqualified for, any promotion or other advantage—
a
by reason of the fact that he does or does not give religious education F3or (as the case may be) provide teaching and learning in Religion, Values and Ethics, or
b
by reason of his religious opinions or of his attending or omitting to attend religious worship.