The Schools Bill has Landed!
Despite recent and oft repeated signalling by the Department for Education that parliamentary time had not been allocated for the introduction of CNiS registers, the Schools Bill came quickly out of the …
Tag: COVID-19
The Long Awaited Response to the CNiS Consultation
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 …
Children’s Commissioner Leads a Chorus of “And So Say All of Us”
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 …
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 …
Home Education Isn’t Always at Home
What is there to be learned about the importance of community education from the contrasting lockdown experiences of families in Scotland and England? What’s been said? On 27 March the Tes published …
Exams Cancelled – Seize the Moment!
What’s been said? We all know that we are in another national lockdown no matter where in the UK we live. The papers and magazines all know it too, rushing to offer …