The Schools Bill has Landed!
Despite recent and oft repeated signalling by the Department for Education that parliamentary time had not been allocated for the introduction of CNiS registers, the Schools Bill came quickly out of the …
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Important but Apparently Forgotten Historic Ministerial Letters
Two letters written fifteen years ago provide important insights into the current moves to impose state supervision on home educating families What’s been said? It appears that for over a decade, two …
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 …
Department for Education Seeks to Oversee what You Teach Your Children!
Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse hears from senior civil servant that registration of children not in school is only the first step to planned monitoring of EHE children and assessment of …
Keeping Children Safe in Education – Revised Guidance
Education Committee’s desire for safeguarding guidance on home education partially fulfilled in double-quick time! What’s been said? A previous post highlighted the unacknowledged narrative in the Education Select Committee’s Report, “Strengthening Home …
Academic warns against ill-informed and prejudicial policy-making
Leading academic urges Halfon not to squander the opportunity to make England a world leader in flexible, individualised education What’s been said? Dr Harriet Pattison is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood …