Children Responding to the Current Consultation
What’s been said? Who reads the small print? Who reads the T&Cs when buying on-line? Very few of us can be bothered, but there are times when it is wise to do …
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Evidence or Hearsay
What’s been said? On 13 April, V Colvin submitted a Freedom of Information Request [FoIR] to the Department for Education. In it Colvin quoted two statements from the third paragraph of the …
Annex A: What Local Authorities Really Want
What’s been said? We recently commented on the opening three sections of the DfE’s response to the 2018 consultation. The next part, Annex A, is a question by question analysis of the …
Separating the Guidance from the Consultation
What’s been said? Last week the Department for Education published its revised guidance for EHE in England, and at the same time launched a consultation on introducing a registration scheme. In the …
Around the Counties – March 2019
What’s been said? When this Byte was first prepared, it seemed as if all the political attention was elsewhere, and Lord Soley’s Bill had been finally buried. However, as most people will …
Registration but Not Monitoring – Really?
What’s been said? Most home educators will be aware that yesterday, 2 April, the DfE finally responded to last year’s Call for Evidence. Just under a year after that consultation Education Secretary, …