The Real Problem with the Problem Bill
What’s been said? Emma Duncan doesn’t mince her words in her Times comment piece It’s time to put home schooling in detention [Archive Today copy – free to read] published on 9 …
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York MP holds DfE’s Feet to the Fire with Barrage of Written Questions
Multiple Written Questions submitted in quick succession by Rachael Maskell in ten days, some featuring home education! What’s been said? Rachael Maskell (Labour/Co-operative, York Central) is a prolific user of Written Questions …
Debate Highlights the Need for Home Educators to Change the Narrative
MPs debate motion “That this House has considered the potential merits of a register of not-in-school children” ahead of the Second Reading of Flick Drummond’s Private Member’s Bill on LA Children Not …
Labour Plays Politics with Your Children!
When news broke that the Opposition had decided to use one of their allocated days to debate ‘Children Not in School’ registers, the fear was that they were reaching out to secure …
Lobbying, Lobbying and more Lobbying
Cross-party demands for registration and greater oversight of children not in school continue unabated on either side of the Christmas recess. [Stop Press: We have included at the end of this Byte …
Continuing Pressure on Sunak for CNiS Registers
Lobbying pushes compulsory registration straight back into the spotlight following the King’s Speech! What’s been said? The State Opening of Parliament on 7 November marked the start of another parliamentary year, with …