All Bytes listed by publication date – most recent first:
- Persistent absence and support for disadvantaged pupils 1 Feb 23
- Attendance, Attendance, Attendance 20 Dec 22
- Demise of the Schools Bill Finally Confirmed 11 Dec 22
- Odd Socks and Blind Spots 22 Nov 22
- Exactly the kind of education that everybody else is getting 1 Nov 22
- We Reckoned Without Our Host 3 Sep 22
- “Bringing them in the tent” 5 Aug 22
- Carpe Diem! 1 Aug 22
- What on Earth is Happening to the Schools Bill? 25 Jul 22
- Welsh Government Plans Local Authority Registers based on Data Sharing from April 29 Jun 22
- Children’s Commissioner’s Report on Attendance 24 Jun 22
- A Rush Job, Thrown into the Public Domain Before it was Ready? 16 Jun 22
- Understanding the Past Helps us to Address the Present 6 Jun 22
- Counting Children 26 May 22
- The Schools Bill has Landed! 18 May 22
- Important but Apparently Forgotten Historic Ministerial Letters 22 Apr 22
- Scotland Opts for Non-statutory Trusting Relationship with Home Educators 7 Apr 22
- Proposals for Local Authority Registers Create Wider Concerns 25 Feb 22
- The Long Awaited Response to the CNiS Consultation 10 Feb 22
- Children’s Commissioner Leads a Chorus of “And So Say All of Us” 29 Jan 22
- Sharing Bad Practice Across the Four Nations 23 Jan 22
- Charlotte Mason Remembered 13 Jan 22
- Plans for a Register Take a Step Nearer 21 Dec 21
- Trying to Come to Terms with the Portsmouth Judgment 1 Dec 21
- Department for Education Seeks to Oversee what You Teach Your Children! 7 Nov 21
- Keeping Children Safe in Education – Revised Guidance 27 Oct 21
- Families First in Education – Wales 8 Oct 21
- The Language of Statism 3 Sep 21
- Academic warns against ill-informed and prejudicial policy-making 19 Aug 21
- Education Committee’s Report is not What it Says on the Tin 12 Aug 21
- Orchestrated Lobbying Conflates Home Education with “Illegal Schools” 29 Jul 21
- Assessments, inspections and standardisation for home educated children is extremely likely 19 Jul 21
- Amanda Spielman on Monitoring and Civil Liberties 14 Jul 21
- The Confusion and Conflicts Caused by the Interpretation of Children’s Rights 12 May 21
- Asking is not the Same as Listening 2 May 21
- A Parliamentary Spat Over SATs 14 Apr 21
- Home Education Isn’t Always at Home 7 Apr 21
- Is the Labour Party Stirring on Home Education? 3 Mar 21
- Councillor Claims “The Problem at the Moment is Education is Compulsory but School isn’t” 24 Feb 21
- Isle of Man Education Bill Abandoned 16 Feb 21
- Portsmouth Home Educators Take Next Step Towards a Judicial Review 13 Feb 21
- Portsmouth Legal Action Reported by the Media 1 Feb 21
- “We have no Research Data about Home Educators” 30 Jan 21
- French Family Educators Stand United 23 Jan 21
- Ofqual and Department for Education Consultation on Summer 2021 Exams Published 18 Jan 21
- Exams Cancelled – Seize the Moment! 12 Jan 21
- Legal Advice being Sought by Portsmouth Home Educators 5 Jan 21
- Questioning Common Assumptions 21 Dec 20
- Unicef UK, the Rights of the Child and Graham Badman 18 Dec 20
- Government Letter to Local Authorities Causes Confusion 15 Dec 20
- Department for Education Announces a Registration Scheme in its Select Committee Submission 11 Dec 20
- Robert Halfon’s Letter: an Exercise in Orwellian Political Doublespeak 8 Dec 20
- Researchers Recognise the Benefits of Home Education 6 Dec 20
- What Makes a Director of Children’s Services Tick? 2 Dec 20
- Diverting the State Steamroller 28 Nov 20
- All Children Must Receive a Formal Education 24 Nov 20
- Real Home Educators Heard on the BBC! 17 Nov 20
- Scottish Home Education Forum keeps up the good work 9 Nov 20
- It’s Official – Home Schooling is not Elective Home Education! 2 Nov 20
- Home Education does not Require Separate Coronavirus Guidance 27 Oct 20
- A Further Opportunity to Register your Views with the Education Committee 23 Oct 20
- Anne Longfield informs MPs that a compulsory EHE register has been “Agreed” 20 Oct 20
- Education Committee Call for Evidence – Stand your Ground! 16 Oct 20
- Education Committee Call for Evidence – Grasp the Opportunity 14 Oct 20
- Education Committee Call for Evidence – Accentuate the Positives 12 Oct 20
- French Anti-Islamism Proposals Include Banning Home Education 10 Oct 20
- Education Committee Call for Evidence – Elective Home Education 4 Oct 20
- Children’s Commissioner Continues her One Woman Campaign against Home Education 1 Oct 20
- Civil Servant’s Personal “Bugbear” led to Totalitarian Bill 17 Sep 20
- 20,000 Private Exam Candidates without Grades, but still pushing for a HE Register – what an oxymoron! 14 Sep 20
- Is Education a “Public Good”? 10 Sep 20
- Home Educated Candidates Ignored but Not Quite Forgotten 27 Aug 20
- More Scottish Parents Choose to Home Educate as Schools Reopen 15 Aug 20
- English Consultation not Forgotten 6 Aug 20
- Some Positives and Negatives of Pandemic Schooling 17 Jul 20
- Isle of Man Education Bill Progressed at Short Notice 28 Jun 20
- Positive News for Home Educators in Wales 25 Jun 20
- Vigilance still Needed 5 Jun 20
- “I learned a lot from being home schooled” 20 May 20
- Real Education is Relational – especially in a Pandemic 8 May 20
- “Home Schooling is Dangerous!” 30 Apr 20
- Challenging Underlying Assumptions 23 Apr 20
- Challenge the Welsh Government’s Lack of Clarity 16 Apr 20
- Are You “Empowered” by and “Comfortable” with the Welsh Proposals? 9 Apr 20
- Less than Three Weeks Left to Tell the Welsh Government what you Think 3 Apr 20
- Update: Covid-19, GCSEs and Home Education 31 Mar 20
- Covid-19, GCSEs and Home Education 25 Mar 20
- Genuine Reporting or Covert Campaign? 20 Mar 20
- Home Truths on Home Education in Scotland and Elsewhere 16 Mar 20
- OSA Annual Report Speaks of Rising EHE Numbers 13 Mar 20
- When a Consultation is not a Consultation 11 Mar 20
- Devon Parents Conclude their Home Educating Years with No Regrets 9 Mar 20
- Standing Up to Anne Longfield’s Rhetoric 6 Mar 20
- Ensuring that Politicians Act within the Law 4 Mar 20
- Positive outcome for Lithuanian Homeschooling Association 2 Mar 20
- Regulating Independent Educational Institutions Consultation 28 Feb 20
- Well Done Everyone! 24 Feb 20
- “Child Cruelty Case Triggers Call for Home Schooling Review” 21 Feb 20
- Scottish “State Snoopers” Reappear in Different Guise 17 Feb 20
- Home Education – a “Problem” that won’t Go Away 14 Feb 20
- Welsh Petitions Committee Insists on an Evidence Session 11 Feb 20
- The Missing Question in the Education Database Consultation 8 Feb 20
- No Changes in Isle of Man Education Bill regarding EHE 5 Feb 20
- “The Safest Place for a Child to be is in School” 3 Feb 20
- Ofsted Annual Report 2018-19 31 Jan 20
- Essex Councillors Fear Home Educated Children are Joining Gangs 25 Jan 20
- Home Education Belongs in a Free Society 21 Jan 20
- Hungry for Your Children’s Data? 10 Jan 20
- Gateshead’s EHE Multi-Agency Group is an Alarming Signal 6 Jan 20
- Gateshead EHE Consultation Fails to Follow LGA Guidelines 3 Jan 20
- Obfuscating Officialdom called out by Scottish Petitioners 20 Dec 19
- Response to Welsh Consultation Delayed 16 Dec 19
- Darlington Safeguarding Children Board Considers HE a Problem 13 Dec 19
- Home Education – Not Quite Missing from Party Manifestos 9 Dec 19
- Dame Louise Casey: “I don’t like Home Schooling” 6 Dec 19
- Behind Closed Doors 2 Dec 19
- Home Education ‘Graduates’ and the World of Work 27 Nov 19
- Understanding the Hostile Environment in which we Live 22 Nov 19
- Isle of Man Bill Delayed Amid Legal Controversy 18 Nov 19
- One Unhappy Children’s Commissioner 13 Nov 19
- Direct Engagement in Wales 11 Nov 19
- The World Makes a Great Classroom! 5 Nov 19
- Meanwhile Back in Westminster – Albeit Briefly 1 Nov 19
- Parents Win Important Court Ruling 29 Oct 19
- Reversing the Pressure on Politicians 23 Oct 19
- Ofsted Continues to Lobby against HE Parents 21 Oct 19
- Named Person Scheme Pronounced Dead (But its Spectre Lives On) 14 Oct 19
- When Good Parents Do Nothing 9 Oct 19
- Mother Ordered to Pay Court Costs for Seeking Permission to Home Educate 7 Oct 19
- Protecting Your Children’s Privacy 4 Oct 19
- Safeguarding – Not just a Welsh Consultation Issue 1 Oct 19
- Welsh Consultation – The Rights of the Child 27 Sep 19
- Thinking About Responding to the Welsh Consultation? 25 Sep 19
- “Who needs schools anyway?” 23 Sep 19
- Constructive Engagement with Scottish Government 18 Sep 19
- Ombudsman Rules LA Dealt Unjustly with HE Parent 11 Sep 19
- LGA Presses for Monitoring of EHE Children 4 Sep 19
- Overcoming Hurdles to A-Level Success 28 Aug 19
- Sark Parents Offered Option of Home Educating Teenagers 21 Aug 19
- Numbers, Numbers, Numbers 14 Aug 19
- Northern Irish Consultation Closes 21 August 6 Aug 19
- Home Schooling More Than Doubles to ‘Size of a Small Secondary School’ 2 Aug 19
- Revised EHE Guidance Proposed for Scotland 26 Jul 19
- Two Home Education Consultations Planned for Wales 24 Jul 19
- Parents Coerced, Nudged and Persuaded into Home Education 22 Jul 19
- Scottish Home Educators “Face an Overtly Hostile Environment” 19 Jul 19
- Edward Timpson on Off-rolling and Home Education 15 Jul 19
- New EHE Guidelines – Advice from a QC 12 Jul 19
- Damien Hinds on Children Not in School 8 Jul 19
- An Interesting Political Initiative 3 Jul 19
- Human Rights Challenge to Proposed Isle of Man Bill 28 Jun 19
- “So How Do You Socialise Them?” 25 Jun 19
- Non-consensual Inter-agency Information-sharing in Scotland 21 Jun 19
- Minister Responds to Written Questions on Settings 17 Jun 19
- Longfield Calls for Home Education Assessments 14 Jun 19
- Hard Work Pays Off 10 Jun 19
- What Most MPs Know about Home Education 7 Jun 19
- “All These Things Conflate” 3 Jun 19
- Wondering How to Respond to the Consultation? 31 May 19
- Recognising Media Rhetoric – a Must Read 28 May 19
- Avoiding Scrutiny? 24 May 19
- Children Responding to the Current Consultation 20 May 19
- Once Bullied, now a Champion of Personalised Education 17 May 19
- Evidence or Hearsay 13 May 19
- Two Sides of the ‘Registration’ Argument 10 May 19
- A “New Age” for Home Education 6 May 19
- Annex A: What Local Authorities Really Want 3 May 19
- Independent Views 29 Apr 19
- The Basis for Changing the Landscape 26 Apr 19
- A Miscellany of Lighter Reading 23 Apr 19
- Humanists UK Welcomes Compulsory Home-School Register 15 Apr 19
- Separating the Guidance from the Consultation 12 Apr 19
- Isle of Man Education Bill – Legal Opinion 8 Apr 19
- Around the Counties – March 2019 5 Apr 19
- Registration but Not Monitoring – Really? 3 Apr 19
- Home Education, School Refusal and Parenting 1 Apr 19
- Are More EHE ‘Refugees’ about to Arrive? 29 Mar 19
- A Tragic Case Politically Reported 25 Mar 19
- School Funding Crisis Connects with Rise in Home Education 18 Mar 19
- Parents: Guilty until Proven Innocent? 15 Mar 19
- Isle of Man Education Bill – Important Update 13 Mar 19
- Cite Your Evidence Please 11 Mar 19
- Learning to Understand 8 Mar 19
- Parents Hit Back at Children’s Commissioner’s Criticism 4 Mar 19
- MPs Debate SEND Funding 1 Mar 19
- Longfield Seeks to Justify Herself 25 Feb 19
- Credit where Credit is Due 22 Feb 19
- “Registration is a Trojan Horse” 18 Feb 19
- Spin Alert! – The Guardian and Off-Rolling 15 Feb 19
- Home Truths: the Rise of Home Education 13 Feb 19
- Not Skipping School: Not Invisible Children 11 Feb 19
- Isle of Man – Guinea Pig for Registration & Monitoring of Home Education in Britain? 8 Feb 19
- Most Criticism of Home Education is Smoke without Fire 5 Feb 19
- Registration and Monitoring Proposals will be Published Separately from New Guidance 4 Feb 19
- What Local Authorities have said about Home Education 1 Feb 19
- More Spin from Soley’s Backers? 29 Jan 19
- Sensational Scottish Headline 25 Jan 19
- Eerily Quiet on the HE Front 18 Jan 19
- A Change of Tune? 11 Jan 19
- Home Education Policies in Europe 4 Jan 19
- Welsh Government Accepts Children Commissioner’s Recommendations 19 Dec 18
- Children’s Commissioner for Wales and Home Education 18 Dec 18
- More Spin than Fact 13 Dec 18
- ADCS 2018 Elective Home Education Survey 10 Dec 18
- Where is the Evidence of Abuse and Radicalisation? 3 Dec 18
- Setting the Record Straight 30 Nov 18
- Numbers Rising, but the Reasons for Choosing HE are Changing 26 Nov 18
- Our National Expectations for All Children 23 Nov 18
- Damien Hinds Comments on Home Education 21 Nov 18
- A Voice of Reason 19 Nov 18
- Resources to Help Combat Propaganda 15 Nov 18
- Directors of Children’s Services and Home Education 12 Nov 18
- Home Educators Equated with the American Gun Lobby 9 Nov 18
- Amanda Spielman’s “greatest concern” 5 Nov 18
- Radio 5 Live Interview with Lilian Hardy’s Father 1 Nov 18
- English Consultation – “Responses Are Still Being Analysed” 26 Oct 18
- Lord Soley’s Home Education Bill – R.I.P.? 22 Oct 18
- What Parents Say about Home Education 11 Oct 18
- Questions, questions, questions 3 Oct 18
- Big Issue features Home Education 27 Sep 18
- MPs and Education amongst Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities – 2 24 Sep 18
- MPs and Education amongst Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities – 1 20 Sep 18
- Dear Editor… HE in the Tes mailbag 17 Sep 18
- Anyone Interested in Real Evidence? 13 Sep 18
- Mr Hinds and the Home Learning Environment 10 Sep 18
- The Proof of the Pudding… 4 Sep 18
- Home Ed on the LibDem Fringe 31 Aug 18
- Open Minds, Closed Minds 23 Aug 18
- Well Done, Boys! 20 Aug 18
- Trusting Parents to Know What’s Best for Their Children 16 Aug 18
- The Truth about Home Schooling 13 Aug 18
- Freedom of Information Request – Consultation Submissions 9 Aug 18
- Baby P, David Cameron and Home Education 6 Aug 18
- Well Done, Girls! 2 Aug 18
- The Importance of Being Accurate 30 Jul 18
- Thoughts on Measuring what You Value 26 Jul 18
- The Myth of HE Radicalisation 23 Jul 18
- The Latest Ludicrous Claim about EHE 19 Jul 18
- The Guardian View on Home Education 17 Jul 18
- Diverse Support for Home Educators 16 Jul 18
- Petitions and Politicians 12 Jul 18
- A Petition to the Scottish Parliament 9 Jul 18
- A Friend in High Places 5 Jul 18
- The True Freedom of Home Education 2 Jul 18
- You’d Better be Telling the Truth, Mr. Hinds! 27 Jun 18
- Children Missing Education: a Breakdown of the Stats 25 Jun 18
- Wise Words from Down Under 22 Jun 18
- Looking on the Bright Side of HE Life 18 Jun 18
- Some Truths About Exclusions 14 Jun 18
- Question 26 – Are there any other comments you wish to make… 11 Jun 18
- The Times, Home Education and Fake News 6 Jun 18
- Living Wisely in a Hostile Environment 31 May 18
- Breaking Up with School – the Hardest Decision of our Lives 24 May 18
- Integrated Communities Strategy – Making Your Response 18 May 18
- The Original Alternative Provision – Home Education 16 May 18
- The Commissioner of Education is Responsible for Keeping the Child Safe 12 May 18
- Rising school exclusions and EHE 10 May 18
- MP Encourages HE Parents to Take Part in Consultation 8 May 18
- Police track hundreds of ‘invisible’ home-schoolers 2 May 18
- If It Appears 30 Apr 18
- Could Mediation Help? 28 Apr 18
- Home Education Makes (Radio) Waves 27 Apr 18
- Notification or Registration – What is the Difference? 26 Apr 18
- The Rights of the Child? 25 Apr 18
- English Consultations Update 24 Apr 18
- Will the Lessons of Windrush be Applied to Home Education? 18 Apr 18
- Fears of bullying drives Muslim children to being homeschooled 15 Apr 18
- Muslims, home education and risk in British society 12 Apr 18
- Home Education Consultation and Call for Evidence Launched! 11 Apr 18
- Tips on Engaging with your MP 9 Apr 18
- Consultation Due in “Next few weeks” According to Government 6 Apr 18
- Soley Bill – Committee Stage and Further Amendments 5 Apr 18
- A Meeting with the LibDems and Other Interested Parties 4 Apr 18
- Asking Poor Questions Receives Poor Answers 30 Mar 18
- SATs are for Schools not Families 28 Mar 18
- Homeschooling: A Class Apart? The Wright Stuff – Channel 5 24 Mar 18
- Safer in the Hands of the State? 23 Mar 18
- Making a Life-changing Decision 22 Mar 18
- Holding the Liberal Democrats to Account 21 Mar 18
- Protecting Children and Bridging Social Divides 20 Mar 18
- Mission Creep in the Politics of Education 19 Mar 18
- Lord Lucas Amendments – 8th March 17 Mar 18
- One Battle Won 16 Mar 18
- Home Education Freedom Charter 16 Mar 18
- An Open Letter to Lord Soley 15 Mar 18
- Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper & EHE 14 Mar 18
- The Absurdity of Homeschooling Fanatics 14 Mar 18
- Do home-educated children find the world of work harder? 13 Mar 18
- Pressure as Schools ‘Shovel’ Children Back to Parents 13 Mar 18
- Demanding powers to look for a problem 12 Mar 18
- Human Rights Framework of the Right to Home Educate 12 Mar 18
- Lord Lucas Amendments – 7th March 11 Mar 18
- Lord Lucas Amendment – 1st March 11 Mar 18
- Say it like it is 9 Mar 18
- Extremist Home Educators are Known to the Police 9 Mar 18
- Are Parents Suitably Qualified to Educate their Children? 8 Mar 18
- Pupils Outside of Mainstream Schools – Amanda Spielman 8 Mar 18
- Take Home Education Out of the Shadows 7 Mar 18
- House of Commons Briefing Paper on Home Education in England 7 Mar 18
- Further Concerns about Unregistered Schools 2 Mar 18
- Home Ed Parents Prepared to go to Jail 2 Mar 18
- Damian Hinds’ Plan for a Crackdown 2 Mar 18
- Isle of Man Home Education – Who Defines “Suitable”? 2 Mar 18
- It’s State Education, not Home Schooling, we Need to Worry About 2 Mar 18
- Legions of Home Educated Children are Missing 2 Mar 18
- Will the Liberal Democrats Change their Home Education Spots? 2 Mar 18
- Plenary National Assembly for Wales Statement by Cabinet Secretary for Education 2 Mar 18
- The Local Government Association Lobbies Peers 2 Mar 18
- Freedom of Information Request – Lord Soley and Daniel Monk 2 Mar 18
- Freedom of Information Request – Lord Soley and AEHEP 2 Mar 18
- Registering Home Educated Children in Wales 2 Mar 18
- Ofsted’s Eleanor Schooling on Home Education 2 Mar 18
- The National Secular Society and Home Education 2 Mar 18
- Lord Lucas – Defending Home Educators 2 Mar 18
- Headteacher Writes in Support of EHE 2 Mar 18