Party Manifestos and Home Education
An overview of different parties commitments re home education and other policies which undermine the role of parents in the lives of their children What’s been said? There has been a frantic …
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What Exactly is a Voluntary Registration Scheme?
This is a third article written in response to the 2023 consultation on proposed revised guidance on elective home education in England. However it also has relevance for families in Wales, where …
Vocal Peers Press for Swift Action on Unregistered Schools and Home Education Registers
In response to a question from Lord Warner, Lord Addington summarises his colleagues’ disappointment at the loss of the Schools Bill, “We did not like the first bit but we did like …
Worrying Agenda being Advanced by the AAA
Influential educationalists on the Attendance Action Alliance seek to move the boundaries of State overreach further into family life. What’s been said? In politics, we are accustomed to hearing about new policies …
Conflicting Views on the ‘Voice of the Child’
Scottish Government publish the responses to their home education guidance consultation along with an analysis of them What’s been said? On 2 February the Scottish Government Children & Families and Education Learning …
Scotland Opts for Non-statutory Trusting Relationship with Home Educators
In contrast to the increasing rhetoric of “all children in school” being used by politicians in England and Wales, this Scottish consultation demonstrates the benefits reaped by home educators standing their ground. …