A Meeting with the LibDems and Other Interested Parties
What’s been said? Recently, Mike Wood of Home Education UK published on his website notes of a meeting he attended in the House of Lords on 13 March 2018, with a number …
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Asking Poor Questions Receives Poor Answers
What’s been said? Learning to ask the right questions is an important skill. Ask a poor question and one will receive a poor answer. Similarly asking an uniformed person will result in …
Safer in the Hands of the State?
What’s been said? The Newcastle Safeguarding Board recently published a Serious Case Review report into child sexual exploitation in the city. It contains a section on the role of schools, stating that …
Protecting Children and Bridging Social Divides
What’s been said? Following the publication of the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, attention turned to questions in the Lords on Children: Missed Education and the Telegraph article “Plan for home school …
Lord Lucas Amendments – 8th March
What’s been said? Unusually Lord Lucas drip-fed his amendments to Lord Soley’s Bill into the parliamentary system. Comments are available on his first and second sets of amendments. His third collection, identified …
One Battle Won
What’s been said? The Integrated Communities Strategy, published 15 March 2018 (see our comment) made clear that those demanding compulsory registration for home educators were to be disappointed. Greg Hurst’s confident pronouncements …