Lord Lucas Amendment – 1st March
What’s been said? Recently Lord Lucas has been busy proposing amendments to Lord Soley’s Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill [HL]. The first simply adds the following restriction to the requirement …
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House of Commons Briefing Paper on Home Education in England
What’s been said? The House of Commons Library published a Briefing Paper on Home Education in England on 13 February 2018. The summary is available here and the full report may also …
Further Concerns about Unregistered Schools
What’s been said? BBC News at Six on 26 February 2018 broadcast an interview with Amanda Spielman, Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, in which she called yet again for …
Damian Hinds’ Plan for a Crackdown
What was said? According to the Sunday Times (15 February 2018) Damian Hinds, Secretary of State for Education, is going to “get tough” – he plans a “crackdown” on illegal schools to …
It’s State Education, not Home Schooling, we Need to Worry About
What’s been said? Writing in Conservative Woman (20 February 2018) Chris McGovern (Chairman of the Campaign for Real Education; a retired head teacher with 35 years’ teaching experience, and a former advisor …
Legions of Home Educated Children are Missing
What’s been said? According to the Sunday Times (18 February 2018) ‘legions’ of children are missing in home education. Quoting the well documented cases of Dylan Seabridge and Khyra Ishaq, together with …