What Next for Flick Drummond’s Bill?
On Friday 15 March, her Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Bill received a Second reading without debate. What does this mean? What will happen next – and when? What’s …
Why hasn’t the Welsh Government Listened to the General Medical Council?
Current consultation on ‘CME’ databases demonstrates that the WG has ignored important responses to its previous consultation What’s been said? Currently the Welsh Government [WG] is conducting a consultation on databases of …
Debate Highlights the Need for Home Educators to Change the Narrative
MPs debate motion “That this House has considered the potential merits of a register of not-in-school children” ahead of the Second Reading of Flick Drummond’s Private Member’s Bill on LA Children Not …
Health Workers in Wales to be Required to Share Children’s Data with Local Authorities
A fortnight after the English consultation closed, the Welsh Government launch another on their proposed Children Missing Education Databases What’s been said? On 31 January the Welsh Government launched their long-promised Consultation …
Ex-minister says Ofsted should check on home-school parents
Tory Peer, Lord Nash, implores Bridget Phillipson to ensure Labour bring in registration and tighten up inspection and regulation of home educated families when they are in government, claiming four-fifths of parents …
Labour Plays Politics with Your Children!
When news broke that the Opposition had decided to use one of their allocated days to debate ‘Children Not in School’ registers, the fear was that they were reaching out to secure …