A Bill to amend the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 to make provision regarding assemblies at state schools without a designated religious character in England; to repeal the requirement for those schools to hold collective worship; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
11 February 2025
This Bill would change the rules for assemblies in England’s state schools that have no designated religious character. It would remove the legal requirement for these schools to provide daily collective worship and instead let each school organise assemblies as it sees fit.
The bill is at the Committee stage in the House of Lords, where peers are examining its provisions line-by-line. It has not yet moved to the next stages or the other House.
Generated 21 February 2026
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the bill - took place on 7 February.
What happens next?
Committee stage - line by line examination of the bill - is yet to be scheduled.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
