What Most MPs Know about Home Education
What’s been said? The House of Commons Library published a Briefing Paper on Home Education in England on 23 April 2019. The Summary is available here and the full report may also …
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“All These Things Conflate”
What’s been said? The publication of the Timpson Review and the Government’s response to it was announced in the Commons on 7 May by Education Secretary Damian Hinds. The review was commissioned …
Humanists UK Welcomes Compulsory Home-School Register
What’s been said? When the DfE published its updated EHE Guidance and launched its consultation on “Children not in school” on 2 April, there was a flurry of media reports covering Damien …
Questions, questions, questions
What’s been said? Written questions are a feature of parliamentary life in both Commons and Lords. They “allow Members of Parliament to ask government ministers for information on the work, policy and …
The Times, Home Education and Fake News
What’s been said? When The Times (28 April) reported “Police track hundreds of ‘invisible’ home-schoolers” we commented that this appeared to be another sensational headline from a once highly respected newspaper. Since …
English Consultations Update
What’s been said? As the DfE launched their EHE Call for Evidence and Consultation<link> on 10th April, an accompanying gov.uk news story reported on a “package of measures to help make sure …