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 …
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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 …
Plans for a Register Take a Step Nearer
Government minister says the Department for Education “have responded” to the Children Not in School consultation, but nothing has been published. Update: On 4 January 22, Baroness Barran wrote to Lord Soley …
Orchestrated Lobbying Conflates Home Education with “Illegal Schools”
Members of an All Party Parliamentary Group outnumber other speakers by two to one in response to Lord Soley’s Oral Question What’s been said? The name on the House of Lords order …
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 …