The Language of Statism
Do the Education Secretary’s words demonstrate that the Government believes in the primacy of families, or will his rhetoric fade away in the future reality of policies such as a register of …
Tag: Named Person Scheme
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 …
The Confusion and Conflicts Caused by the Interpretation of Children’s Rights
National and international claims are increasing that permitting home education infringes the rights of a child – but are these arguments justified? What’s been said? Universal human rights are a relatively recent …
Department for Education Announces a Registration Scheme in its Select Committee Submission
Does this mean that the recent lobbying by Halfon, the LGA, the ADCS and others has been superfluous, or is it a signal that a register is just the next step towards …
Robert Halfon’s Letter: an Exercise in Orwellian Political Doublespeak
Education Committee Chair must think home educated children and their parents cannot read between the lines. What’s been said? Robert Halfon MP Chairman of the House of Commons Education Committee, not content …
Diverting the State Steamroller
History of Scottish home educators’ defence of their parental freedoms recounted on a global stage What’s been said? The Global Home Education Exchange Virtual Summit 2020 took place in the week 9-13 …