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. …
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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 …
The True Freedom of Home Education
What’s been said? In February 2018, the BBC website posted a video describing the experience of unschooling. The parent concerned feels that unschooling differs from home education in that her children can …
You’d Better be Telling the Truth, Mr. Hinds!
What’s been said? During Education Questions in the Commons on Monday 25th June, Mary Robinson (Conservative, Cheadle, Cheshire) asked a Topical Question about HE. She asked Damien Hinds, “Approximately 48,000 children are …