So Far As It Is Possible To Do So
This article has been written in response to the 2023 consultation on proposed revised guidance on elective home education in England. However it also has relevance for families in Wales, where the …
Category: Wales
Unearthing Further Roots of the Political Agenda against Home Education, going back to 2006
Recently circulated Welsh Government documents bring to light an old report which still has teeth! What’s been said? This Byte addresses two connected items; one a recent slide presentation for LA officers …
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 …
Welsh Guidance on Elective Home Education is Far Worse than Hoped For
Embedded throughout is the belief that the state rather than parents is the ultimate arbiter of the education every child should receive. What’s been said? The twelfth of May saw the publication …
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 …
We Reckoned Without Our Host
“All compromise with institutions of which your conscience disapproves, compromises which are usually made for the sake of the general good, instead of producing the good you expected, inevitably lead you not …