The Language of Statism
Do the Education Secretary’s words demonstrate that the Government believes in the primacy of families, or will his rhetoric fade away in the future reality of policies such as a register of …
Tag: Gavin Williamson
Education Committee’s Report is not What it Says on the Tin
Identifying the unexplained assumption which lay behind the Education Committee’s inquiry into Home Education. What’s been said? When the Education Select Committee announced its inquiry into “Home Education,” we encouraged home educating …
Assessments, inspections and standardisation for home educated children is extremely likely
Leading academic urges Education Secretary to listen to home educators and engage with research into home education ahead of introducing register. What’s been said? On 13 July the Daily Mail published an …
Amanda Spielman on Monitoring and Civil Liberties
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector expresses her frustrations that traditional British values work against the registration and monitoring of home educated children What’s been said? Despite its failures to provide a formal response to …
“We have no Research Data about Home Educators”
Urgent request for responses to a survey about home educators’ experiences of exam cancellations What’s been said? In response to repeated claims of ‘gaps in data’ and a ‘lack of systematic data’ …
Exams Cancelled – Seize the Moment!
What’s been said? We all know that we are in another national lockdown no matter where in the UK we live. The papers and magazines all know it too, rushing to offer …