What’s been said? On 19 September 2019 John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister for Scotland, announced that “the mandatory Named Person Scheme for every child, underpinned by law, will now not happen.” …
What’s been said? In the early 1950s one parent, Joy Baker, stood up to officialdom in order to exercise her right to educate her own children rather than let the state decide …
What’s been said. The local school law in Basle, Switzerland provides for tutoring at home on receipt of permission for HE, as long as the authority judges the teacher to be qualified …
What’s been said? Across the UK, governments are increasingly turning to data sharing to monitor their citizens’ lives. The latest example of this is the Welsh consultation, which proposes a new requirement …
What’s been said? This post considers the issue of “safeguarding” raised by the Welsh consultation on new EHE guidelines. We do stress, however, that these issues also apply to HE families across …
What’s been said? This second comment on the Welsh consultation considers its numerous references to phrases such as “the rights of all children to receive an education.” In her Ministerial foreword, Kirsty …
