Counting Children
Challenging rhetoric and addressing long-standing confusion over the assertion that collecting data on every child matters What’s been said? This Byte reports on four recent items, two from Defend Digital Me [DDM] …
Tag: Data Protection
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 …
Scotland Opts for Non-statutory Trusting Relationship with Home Educators
In contrast to the increasing rhetoric of “all children in school” being used by politicians in England and Wales, this Scottish consultation demonstrates the benefits reaped by home educators standing their ground. …
Proposals for Local Authority Registers Create Wider Concerns
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 …
Scottish Home Education Forum keeps up the good work
Calling out intrusive data sharing, challenging human rights impact of GIRFEC, and demanding equal exams access for independent candidates What’s been said? Whilst English elective home educators have been fully occupied with …
Less than Three Weeks Left to Tell the Welsh Government what you Think
Despite the present crisis distracting from its importance, the Welsh Databases Consultation still needs your response What’s been said? Given the radical changes in “normal” life at present, it is very easy …