Ombudsman Rules LA Dealt Unjustly with HE Parent
What’s been said? On 18 July the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman published a report by his Office under the headline, “Be clear about visits to home-schooled children says Ombudsman.” The …
Category: England
LGA Presses for Monitoring of EHE Children
What’s been said? On 16 July the Local Government Association [LGA] website featured an article entitled, “Government urged to toughen up home education plans.” The timing and purpose of this item is …
Overcoming Hurdles to A-Level Success
What’s been said? All around the UK young people have in recent weeks been receiving exam results, and our social media feeds were dominated by posts reflecting relief, disappointment or delight. Home …
Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
What’s been said? On 24 June David Drew (Lab/Co-op, Stroud) submitted three Written Questions [268354, 268355 & 268357] in the House of Commons. Firstly he asked about the number of children withdrawn …
Home Schooling More Than Doubles to ‘Size of a Small Secondary School’
What’s been said? Home schooling more than doubles to “size of a small secondary school” is the rather sensational headline of a report by Molly Williams in the Sheffield Telegraph on 4 …
Parents Coerced, Nudged and Persuaded into Home Education
What’s been said? Three days after Ed Timpson’s appearance before the Education Committee at which the connection between off-rolling and HE featured, the Tes carried a series of three articles by Dave …