Plans for a Register Take a Step Nearer
Government minister says the Department for Education “have responded” to the Children Not in School consultation, but nothing has been published. Update: On 4 January 22, Baroness Barran wrote to Lord Soley …
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Trying to Come to Terms with the Portsmouth Judgment
There is a vital need to understand the implications of the outcome of the recent Judicial Review if our diverse home educating communities are not to completely surrender their responsibilities as parents. …
Department for Education Seeks to Oversee what You Teach Your Children!
Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse hears from senior civil servant that registration of children not in school is only the first step to planned monitoring of EHE children and assessment of …
Keeping Children Safe in Education – Revised Guidance
Education Committee’s desire for safeguarding guidance on home education partially fulfilled in double-quick time! What’s been said? A previous post highlighted the unacknowledged narrative in the Education Select Committee’s Report, “Strengthening Home …
The Language of Statism
Do the Education Secretary’s words demonstrate that the Government believes in the primacy of families, or will his rhetoric fade away in the future reality of policies such as a register of …
Academic warns against ill-informed and prejudicial policy-making
Leading academic urges Halfon not to squander the opportunity to make England a world leader in flexible, individualised education What’s been said? Dr Harriet Pattison is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood …