So Far As It Is Possible To Do So
This article has been written in response to the 2023 consultation on proposed revised guidance on elective home education in England. However it also has relevance for families in Wales, where the …
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When ‘Consent’ isn’t ‘Consent’
The state wants your family’s data, so be careful to give them only what they can legitimately ask for. What’s been said? Does the new Welsh guidance for elective home education properly …
Welsh Guidance on Elective Home Education is Far Worse than Hoped For
Embedded throughout is the belief that the state rather than parents is the ultimate arbiter of the education every child should receive. What’s been said? The twelfth of May saw the publication …
Worrying Agenda being Advanced by the AAA
Influential educationalists on the Attendance Action Alliance seek to move the boundaries of State overreach further into family life. What’s been said? In politics, we are accustomed to hearing about new policies …
The English Labour Party is Committed to CNiS Registers
Buried in a ‘long read’ about Labour’s plan for education should they win the next election is a statement about resurrecting the proposals for registers and curbing unregistered schools. What’s been said? …
Protect Your Valuable Data
Research project highlights dangers of undeclared, intrusive use of data by local authorities What’s been said? Professors Ros Edwards (University of Southampton) and Val Gillies (University of Westminster) are co-directing a very …