Party Manifestos and Home Education
An overview of different parties commitments re home education and other policies which undermine the role of parents in the lives of their children What’s been said? There has been a frantic …
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Unearthing Further Roots of the Political Agenda against Home Education, going back to 2006
Recently circulated Welsh Government documents bring to light an old report which still has teeth! What’s been said? This Byte addresses two connected items; one a recent slide presentation for LA officers …
Vocal Peers Press for Swift Action on Unregistered Schools and Home Education Registers
In response to a question from Lord Warner, Lord Addington summarises his colleagues’ disappointment at the loss of the Schools Bill, “We did not like the first bit but we did like …
The English Labour Party is Committed to CNiS Registers
Buried in a ‘long read’ about Labour’s plan for education should they win the next election is a statement about resurrecting the proposals for registers and curbing unregistered schools. What’s been said? …
Important but Apparently Forgotten Historic Ministerial Letters
Two letters written fifteen years ago provide important insights into the current moves to impose state supervision on home educating families What’s been said? It appears that for over a decade, two …
Sharing Bad Practice Across the Four Nations
Evidence has recently emerged that the English Department for Education is in contact with its counterparts in the devolved nations, and they are certainly not singing the praises of hard working, dedicated …