Ofsted Continues to Lobby against HE Parents
What’s been said? A press release “Home education: a choice or last resort?” on 15 Oct announced the publication of new research by Ofsted entitled, ‘Exploring moving to home education in secondary …
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Revised EHE Guidance Proposed for Scotland
What’s been said? In a similar exchange to the one which recently indicated two imminent EHE consultations in Wales, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, stated in May that his …
Parents Coerced, Nudged and Persuaded into Home Education
What’s been said? Three days after Ed Timpson’s appearance before the Education Committee at which the connection between off-rolling and HE featured, the Tes carried a series of three articles by Dave …
Edward Timpson on Off-rolling and Home Education
What’s been said? Edward Timpson, whose report on school exclusions was published in May, appeared before the Education Committee on 2 July. As in recent accountability hearings with Anne Longfield and Damian …
Damien Hinds on Children Not in School
What’s been said? The Commons Education Committee held an Accountability Hearing on 26 June with Education Secretary Damian Hinds. He was questioned for an hour and forty minutes on a wide range …
A “New Age” for Home Education
What’s been said? Rachel Wolf was an education and innovation adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron. Previously she had advised the Conservative Party on education before becoming a policy adviser to Boris …