A Miscellany of Lighter Reading
What’s been said? At times one needs to take a break from perusing government documents and look again at the wider picture. To that end, this Byte links to three recent items, …
Tag: Alternative Provision
Not Skipping School: Not Invisible Children
What’s been said? On Monday 4 February Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, launched a media storm seemingly to persuade the public that “there are tens of thousands of children in England” …
Amanda Spielman’s “greatest concern”
What’s been said? Published on 31 October 2018, a letter from Amanda Spielman to the Public Accounts Committee sets out what Ofsted considers to be major risks to the quality of education …
Anyone Interested in Real Evidence?
What’s been said? On 6 September 2018, Ian Mearns MP (Lab. Gateshead) spoke in a short debate at which the Education Committee presented its recent report Forgotten children: alternative provision and the …
Breaking Up with School – the Hardest Decision of our Lives
What’s been said? Two powerful accounts have been recently published by parents whose children have special needs. Both recount the traumas they went through in caring for their children when the school …
The Original Alternative Provision – Home Education
What’s been said? A recent Byte covered the 1st May 2018 Education Committee’s Oral Evidence session on Alternative Provision (AP). Home education has received high profile negative press recently in the context …