Lord Soley’s Home Education Bill – R.I.P.?
What’s been said? The home educating community is wondering if the current lull in media interest in HE represents the calm before a coming storm. Are the lobbyists and their journalist allies …
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Muslims, home education and risk in British society
What’s been said? In April the British Journal of Sociology of Education (£) carried a short paper which came out of “a larger study exploring the views of a diverse range of …
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 …
An Open Letter to Lord Soley
What’s been said? Writing on the Sutton Home Education Forum (27 February 2018) Martine Cotter (Home Office accredited Independent Chair for Domestic Homicide Reviews with extensive experience in domestic abuse and sexual …
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 …
The National Secular Society and Home Education
What’s been said? Six days after the Second Reading of Lord Soley’s Bill, on 30 November 2017, the NSS’s Education & Schools Campaigns Officer, Alastair Lichten, published an article entitled, “Home schooling …