More Spin than Fact
What’s been said? Hull Daily Mail reporter Angus Young’s 29 November article, “Schools are encouraging parents to home-educate kids to improve their performance” was no more HE-friendly than his previous one on …
ADCS 2018 Elective Home Education Survey
What’s been said? In November the Association of Directors of Children’s Services published the third of its annual surveys [PDF] of LA’s and EHE. Overall the document provides some useful information, despite …
Where is the Evidence of Abuse and Radicalisation?
What’s been said? On 15 November, Tulip Siddiq MP (Lab. Hampstead and Kilburn) submitted a written question with the heading Home Education: Radicalism. She also asked about abuse, writing: “To ask the …
Setting the Record Straight
What’s been said? Children & Young People Now (CYPN) is “the only dedicated magazine for professionals working with children, young people and families. This essential read for the sector covers childcare and …
Numbers Rising, but the Reasons for Choosing HE are Changing
What’s been said? The Guardian has been publishing articles on HE with some regularity over recent months. A long piece “School is very oppressive: why home-schooling is on the rise” by Sally …
Our National Expectations for All Children
What’s been said? On 14 November, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman spoke at the The National Children and Adult Services Conference. Her keynote speech is described on Ofsted’s website as being “about …