Ofsted Continues to Lobby against HE Parents
What’s been said? A press release “Home education: a choice or last resort?” on 15 Oct announced the publication of new research by Ofsted entitled, ‘Exploring moving to home education in secondary …
Named Person Scheme Pronounced Dead (But its Spectre Lives On)
What’s been said? On 19 September 2019 John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister for Scotland, announced that “the mandatory Named Person Scheme for every child, underpinned by law, will now not happen.” …
When Good Parents Do Nothing
What’s been said? In the early 1950s one parent, Joy Baker, stood up to officialdom in order to exercise her right to educate her own children rather than let the state decide …
Mother Ordered to Pay Court Costs for Seeking Permission to Home Educate
What’s been said. The local school law in Basle, Switzerland provides for tutoring at home on receipt of permission for HE, as long as the authority judges the teacher to be qualified …
Protecting Your Children’s Privacy
What’s been said? Across the UK, governments are increasingly turning to data sharing to monitor their citizens’ lives. The latest example of this is the Welsh consultation, which proposes a new requirement …
Safeguarding – Not just a Welsh Consultation Issue
What’s been said? This post considers the issue of “safeguarding” raised by the Welsh consultation on new EHE guidelines. We do stress, however, that these issues also apply to HE families across …