What Exactly is a Voluntary Registration Scheme?
This is a third article written in response to the 2023 consultation on proposed revised guidance on elective home education in England. However it also has relevance for families in Wales, where …
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Welsh Guidance on Elective Home Education is Far Worse than Hoped For
Embedded throughout is the belief that the state rather than parents is the ultimate arbiter of the education every child should receive. What’s been said? The twelfth of May saw the publication …
Welsh Government Plans Local Authority Registers based on Data Sharing from April
Whilst everyone’s attention has been focused on the Schools Bill’s progress through the House of Lords, the Welsh Education Minister signals their intention to quickly implement similar plans to supervise home educating …
Sharing Bad Practice Across the Four Nations
Evidence has recently emerged that the English Department for Education is in contact with its counterparts in the devolved nations, and they are certainly not singing the praises of hard working, dedicated …
Families First in Education – Wales
Welsh home educators push back against Children’s Commissioner’s recommendations What’s been said? On 25 February Welsh Children’s Commissioner Sally Holland published her Review of the Welsh Government’s exercise of its functions. In …