Questioning Common Assumptions
Former teacher, now home educating her own children, speaks out against the misinformation and distrust meted out to home educators What’s been said? On 30 November Schoolsweek featured an Opinion piece by …
Tag: Children Missing Education
Department for Education Announces a Registration Scheme in its Select Committee Submission
Does this mean that the recent lobbying by Halfon, the LGA, the ADCS and others has been superfluous, or is it a signal that a register is just the next step towards …
Robert Halfon’s Letter: an Exercise in Orwellian Political Doublespeak
Education Committee Chair must think home educated children and their parents cannot read between the lines. What’s been said? Robert Halfon MP Chairman of the House of Commons Education Committee, not content …
All Children Must Receive a Formal Education
Reading the Local Government Association’s “Children missing education” report reveals the objective behind that atrocious Radio 4 Today segment What’s been said? On Monday 16 November home educating families across the UK …
“The Safest Place for a Child to be is in School”
Essex councillors are concerned that your children are not being monitored What’s been said? We recently highlighted a briefing presented to councillors in Essex seeking approval to lobby government for greater powers …
Essex Councillors Fear Home Educated Children are Joining Gangs
Guilt by rumoured association is on the increase, thanks to Longfield and Spielman What’s been said? The misleading headline “Essex parents who home school now face a £1,000 fine if they mess …