Odd Socks and Blind Spots
Key DfE players take to virtue signalling on Twitter to mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week, but fail to see the irony in their own Department’s attitude towards those being educated outside …
Exactly the kind of education that everybody else is getting
Kit Malthouse’s only ministerial comment on elective home education explains why it is perceived as a problem by those who manage the state’s education machine. What’s been said? It has been a …
We Reckoned Without Our Host
“All compromise with institutions of which your conscience disapproves, compromises which are usually made for the sake of the general good, instead of producing the good you expected, inevitably lead you not …
“Bringing them in the tent”
Pembrokeshire Council Scrutiny meeting provides valuable insights into one LA’s approach to EHE What’s been said? Pembrokeshire County Council’s Schools and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on Thursday, 30th June (2022). …
Carpe Diem!
Peer challenges the party faithful about their Government tabling un-Conservative legislation What’s been said? Many home educators appreciated Lord Wei’s robust contributions to the Report Stage debate on 18 July. Some ten …
What on Earth is Happening to the Schools Bill?
A Prime Minister resigns, three Education Secretaries within thirty-six hours, their Noble Lords are in revolt and the Department for Education tries to pretend there is nothing wrong with Parts 3 & …