What Next for Flick Drummond’s Bill?
On Friday 15 March, her Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Bill received a Second reading without debate. What does this mean? What will happen next – and when? What’s …
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Debate Highlights the Need for Home Educators to Change the Narrative
MPs debate motion “That this House has considered the potential merits of a register of not-in-school children” ahead of the Second Reading of Flick Drummond’s Private Member’s Bill on LA Children Not …
Labour Plays Politics with Your Children!
When news broke that the Opposition had decided to use one of their allocated days to debate ‘Children Not in School’ registers, the fear was that they were reaching out to secure …
What Does Labour Have in Mind?
Shadow Education Minister delivers significant policy speech at event hosted by Centre for Social Justice, committing to registers of EHE children and unique ID numbers for all children What’s been said? This …
Is the Draft EHE Guidance Fit for Purpose?
Recent years have seen plenty of consultations, but this is perhaps one of the most difficult ones HE families have had to engage with. Only a few days left to respond now, …
Lobbying, Lobbying and more Lobbying
Cross-party demands for registration and greater oversight of children not in school continue unabated on either side of the Christmas recess. [Stop Press: We have included at the end of this Byte …