A Parliamentary Spat Over SATs
Education Committee Chair insists SATs “are absolutely for the children. It is nothing to do with the schools.” What’s been said? Anyone who has listened to the Education Committee Oral Evidence Session …
Home Education Isn’t Always at Home
What is there to be learned about the importance of community education from the contrasting lockdown experiences of families in Scotland and England? What’s been said? On 27 March the Tes published …
Is the Labour Party Stirring on Home Education?
Should repeated questions about EHE from members of Keir Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet raise concern? What’s been said? Under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, the Labour Party was very quiet on the topic of home …
Councillor Claims “The Problem at the Moment is Education is Compulsory but School isn’t”
Motion for East Yorkshire Council to lobby Ministers for mandatory registration and a clearer definition of “suitable and efficient.” What’s been said? On 18 February Hull Live carried a noxious report entitled …
Portsmouth Home Educators Take Next Step Towards a Judicial Review
£20,000 raised in just one day, but fundraiser still open for further donations What’s been said? At the start of February we reported on media coverage of difficulties being experienced by home …
Portsmouth Legal Action Reported by the Media
Portsmouth home educators’ dispute with the City Council makes the regional headlines What’s been said? In early January we highlighted the difficulties being experienced by home educators in Portsmouth due to the …