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 …
Tag: Education Committee
Edward Timpson on Off-rolling and Home Education
What’s been said? Edward Timpson, whose report on school exclusions was published in May, appeared before the Education Committee on 2 July. As in recent accountability hearings with Anne Longfield and Damian …
Damien Hinds on Children Not in School
What’s been said? The Commons Education Committee held an Accountability Hearing on 26 June with Education Secretary Damian Hinds. He was questioned for an hour and forty minutes on a wide range …
Non-consensual Inter-agency Information-sharing in Scotland
What’s been said? The sub-title of a 28 May Tes article, Government’s safeguarding policy making families who home-educate feel ‘under threat’, is as true now as it was when we first reported …
Longfield Calls for Home Education Assessments
What’s been said? On 11 June 19, Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, appeared before the Education Committee for an “accountability hearing.” The recording of the seventy-five minute session can be watched …
Eerily Quiet on the HE Front
What’s been said? There has been little to report on the HE front of late, given the Christmas recess and parliamentary attention being focused on more demanding constitutional matters. One written question …