Well Done Everyone!
What’s been said? On 21 January the Welsh Assembly Government [WAG] published an analysis of responses to last year’s consultation on “Home Education – Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities and a Handbook …
“Child Cruelty Case Triggers Call for Home Schooling Review”
Reports on Serious Case Review highlight the importance of always looking at the facts behind the headlines What’s been said? On 29 January 2020 The Guardian published an article about a Serious …
Scottish “State Snoopers” Reappear in Different Guise
Astounding workaround of the Named Person scheme reported in Scottish press What’s been said? The title of our October 2019 Byte, Named Person Scheme pronounced dead, but its Spectre lives on, has …
Home Education – a “Problem” that won’t Go Away
Home education continues to feature in parliamentary business What’s been said? This Byte reviews references made to HE in parliamentary business since the beginning of the year. On 7 January Lord Pearson …
Welsh Petitions Committee Insists on an Evidence Session
Independent Assembly Members want to hear directly from the Education Minister What’s been said? The Welsh Petitions Committee met on 4 February to consider thirty-three petitions. The HE community’s attention was however …
The Missing Question in the Education Database Consultation
An initial consideration of the latest Welsh consultation and the difficulties of responding to it. What’s been said? On 30 January the Welsh Assembly Government [WAG] launched the second of its promised …