Emmanuel Foundation

But in April, after much equivocation and pressure from humanist groups, the Department for Education and Skills finally issued a statement contradicting this, warning that “creationism is not a scientific theory” and “cannot be used as an example of scientific controversy, as it has no empirical evidence to support it and no underpinning scientific principles or explanations”. Science teachers are allowed to discuss “why opponents of Darwinism thought the way they did”, but only if they show that the fossil record is evidence for evolution. Despite the obvious contradiction between the position of the Emmanuel Foundation and these government guidelines, the DfES steadfastly maintains that there is no problem with any academy teaching creationism (”All academies are fully meeting the requirements of the national curriculum,” it claims).