Robbie Meredith and Lucy Carlin, BBC News
Friday, November 21, 2025
The Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. In a unanimous judgement, the UK’s highest 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 subsequently won an appeal against that judgment. 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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