Amanda Spielman’s “greatest concern”
What’s been said? Published on 31 October 2018, a letter from Amanda Spielman to the Public Accounts Committee sets out what Ofsted considers to be major risks to the quality of education …
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English Consultation – “Responses Are Still Being Analysed”
What’s been said? This afternoon (26 October), in a somewhat farcical twelve minute interlude in the otherwise serious business of the day, Lord Soley’s HE Bill failed to gain a Second Reading. …
Mr Hinds and the Home Learning Environment
What’s been said? Home education has generally had a rough ride over recent years as far as media reporting goes, being frequently rubbished without proper consideration or dismissed as a no-hope option. …
Freedom of Information Request – Consultation Submissions
What’s been said? In response to a Freedom of Information Request the Department for Education have published the number of submissions they received in response to the English Call for Evidence concerning …
Baby P, David Cameron and Home Education
What’s been said? A week after the English EHE Call for Evidence was published, blogger Sue Gerrard published an article rather unimaginatively entitled Home education: politics. However, it’s an important article which …
Petitions and Politicians
What’s been said? Most home educators in the UK are all too painfully aware of the Call for Evidence on Elective Home Education and consultation on revised guidance documents which we had …