Despite her emphasis on school attendance for all, and resulting discriminatory attitude towards any other form of educational provision, the Commissioner does recognise that some children are pushed towards HE because of …
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 …
Articles published on websites outside the HE communities emphasise the dangers of the plans for registers of children not in school for all families, especially as they are now being conflated with …
Does the Department for Education’s response actually contain any new information, and if so, what is it? What’s been said? Most home educators will be aware by now that on 3 February …
Rachel de Souza is far from alone in calling for all children to be in school, with the Government’s own report on the first meeting of the new “attendance alliance” demonstrating that …
National and international claims are increasing that permitting home education infringes the rights of a child – but are these arguments justified? What’s been said? Universal human rights are a relatively recent …
