Counting Children
Challenging rhetoric and addressing long-standing confusion over the assertion that collecting data on every child matters What’s been said? This Byte reports on four recent items, two from Defend Digital Me [DDM] …
Tag: Human Rights
The Schools Bill has Landed!
Despite recent and oft repeated signalling by the Department for Education that parliamentary time had not been allocated for the introduction of CNiS registers, the Schools Bill came quickly out of the …
Scotland Opts for Non-statutory Trusting Relationship with Home Educators
In contrast to the increasing rhetoric of “all children in school” being used by politicians in England and Wales, this Scottish consultation demonstrates the benefits reaped by home educators standing their ground. …
Proposals for Local Authority Registers Create Wider Concerns
Articles published on websites outside the HE communities emphasise the dangers of the plans for registers of children not in school for all families, especially as they are now being conflated with …
The Long Awaited Response to the CNiS Consultation
Does the Department for Education’s response actually contain any new information, and if so, what is it? What’s been said? Most home educators will be aware by now that on 3 February …
Trying to Come to Terms with the Portsmouth Judgment
There is a vital need to understand the implications of the outcome of the recent Judicial Review if our diverse home educating communities are not to completely surrender their responsibilities as parents. …