Credit where Credit is Due
What’s been said? It doesn’t seem long since we criticised the Tes for an ill-advised podcast in which some of their staff demonstrated a lack of understanding of the issues behind parents …
Tag: Dylan Seabridge
More Spin from Soley’s Backers?
What’s been said? Lucinda Borrell’s Telegraph Magazine article on 25 Jan 2019 carried the headline: The hidden torture of homeschooled children: Are controversial checks the answer? Its sub-title is no less sensational …
Children’s Commissioner for Wales and Home Education
What’s been said? When Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, published her 2018 Annual Report in October, she commented that this was the third year she had “called on the Welsh …
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 …
Legions of Home Educated Children are Missing
What’s been said? According to the Sunday Times (18 February 2018) ‘legions’ of children are missing in home education. Quoting the well documented cases of Dylan Seabridge and Khyra Ishaq, together with …
Registering Home Educated Children in Wales
What’s been said? 4 January 2018: Following calls from various groups for compulsory registration of home educators in Wales, the Assembly is currently considering the way ahead. Kirsty Williams, Cabinet Secretary for …