To school or not to school?
And if not school, finding your place on the spectrum of alternative approaches to learning – and holding your nerve when questioned about it! What’s been said? It’s been encouraging to see …
Category: Great Britain
Vocal Peers Press for Swift Action on Unregistered Schools and Home Education Registers
In response to a question from Lord Warner, Lord Addington summarises his colleagues’ disappointment at the loss of the Schools Bill, “We did not like the first bit but we did like …
When ‘Consent’ isn’t ‘Consent’
The state wants your family’s data, so be careful to give them only what they can legitimately ask for. What’s been said? Does the new Welsh guidance for elective home education properly …
Educating Members of Parliament One by One
Thanks to proactive engagement on the part of their constituents, some contributors to the recent Westminster Hall debate had investigated ‘further than a headline’ – and it showed What’s been said? A …
Protect Your Valuable Data
Research project highlights dangers of undeclared, intrusive use of data by local authorities What’s been said? Professors Ros Edwards (University of Southampton) and Val Gillies (University of Westminster) are co-directing a very …
Attendance, Attendance, Attendance
Viewing complex, multi-faceted problems through a single lens only distorts the issues; trying to impose a one-size-fits-all solution only causes further harm to those involved – especially when it sets the unreachable …