Home Educators Equated with the American Gun Lobby
What’s been said? When Martin George wrote a report for the Tes (31 October) on Amanda Spielman’s letter to the Public Accounts Committee, he chose the type of sensational headline with which …
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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 …
Some Truths About Exclusions
What’s been said? The BBC’s World at One programme on 11 June ran a lengthy feature article on the issue of school exclusions, in advance of an Education Select Committee report due …
The Times, Home Education and Fake News
What’s been said? When The Times (28 April) reported “Police track hundreds of ‘invisible’ home-schoolers” we commented that this appeared to be another sensational headline from a once highly respected newspaper. Since …
Pressure as Schools ‘Shovel’ Children Back to Parents
What’s been said? When meeting with the Education Select Committee recently, Amanda Spielman, Chief Inspector of Schools, talked about schools which ‘shovel’ children with whom they can’t cope back onto parents who …
Pupils Outside of Mainstream Schools – Amanda Spielman
What’s been said? The Education Select Committee has taken evidence on consecutive days in which EHE has been mentioned. On 6 March 2018, the committee heard from head teachers and managers of …