Odd Socks and Blind Spots
Key DfE players take to virtue signalling on Twitter to mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week, but fail to see the irony in their own Department’s attitude towards those being educated outside …
Tag: Baroness Barran
Exactly the kind of education that everybody else is getting
Kit Malthouse’s only ministerial comment on elective home education explains why it is perceived as a problem by those who manage the state’s education machine. What’s been said? It has been a …
What on Earth is Happening to the Schools Bill?
A Prime Minister resigns, three Education Secretaries within thirty-six hours, their Noble Lords are in revolt and the Department for Education tries to pretend there is nothing wrong with Parts 3 & …
A Rush Job, Thrown into the Public Domain Before it was Ready?
Schools Bill severely criticised for lack of proper detail in Lords Committee Stage first sitting What’s been said? The Schools Bill has been making waves in the House of Lords even before …
Plans for a Register Take a Step Nearer
Government minister says the Department for Education “have responded” to the Children Not in School consultation, but nothing has been published. Update: On 4 January 22, Baroness Barran wrote to Lord Soley …