The Most Dangerous Bill Yet – 3
This is the third of a multi-part series on Labour’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 17 December. This article considers how the conflation of ‘welfare’ …
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Children’s Commissioner Continues her One Woman Campaign against Home Education
Sally Holland questions Welsh Government’s decision to put HE guidance and database proposals on hold What’s been said? The official website of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales (Sally Holland) reports on her …
“Child Cruelty Case Triggers Call for Home Schooling Review”
Reports on Serious Case Review highlight the importance of always looking at the facts behind the headlines What’s been said? On 29 January 2020 The Guardian published an article about a Serious …
LGA Presses for Monitoring of EHE Children
What’s been said? On 16 July the Local Government Association [LGA] website featured an article entitled, “Government urged to toughen up home education plans.” The timing and purpose of this item is …
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 …
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 …