Wondering How to Respond to the Consultation?
What’s been said? In response to last year’s EHE consultation, the DfE announced another one at the start of April. Entitled Children Not in School, the new consultation seeks comments on establishing …
Recognising Media Rhetoric – a Must Read
What’s been said? Personalised Education Now published a new piece of research by Wendy Charles-Warner on 1 April, Home Education and Child Abuse: How Media Rhetoric Drives the Myth. The full document …
Avoiding Scrutiny?
What’s been said? On 6 April 2019 A Baker submitted a Freedom of Information Request [FoIR] to the Department for Education [DfE] asking for “copies of the draft versions of (Guidance to …
Children Responding to the Current Consultation
What’s been said? Who reads the small print? Who reads the T&Cs when buying on-line? Very few of us can be bothered, but there are times when it is wise to do …
Once Bullied, now a Champion of Personalised Education
What’s been said? On 25 April the Star (Sheffield) carried a report where home education in the form of private tuition became the solution to repeated bullying of a year 9 pupil: …
Evidence or Hearsay
What’s been said? On 13 April, V Colvin submitted a Freedom of Information Request [FoIR] to the Department for Education. In it Colvin quoted two statements from the third paragraph of the …