Mr Hinds and the Home Learning Environment
What’s been said? Home education has generally had a rough ride over recent years as far as media reporting goes, being frequently rubbished without proper consideration or dismissed as a no-hope option. …
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Trusting Parents to Know What’s Best for Their Children
What’s been said? Sophia Moss’ balanced and comprehensive article in the 10th July edition of Prospect magazine is well worth its 10-12 minutes’ estimated reading time. Entitled “Home education: can we really …
Children Missing Education: a Breakdown of the Stats
What’s been said? Staffordshire has become the latest Local Authority to get involved in the Children Missing Education (CME) debacle. A recent survey has revealed that 39 students across their schools simply …
The Times, Home Education and Fake News
What’s been said? When The Times (28 April) reported “Police track hundreds of ‘invisible’ home-schoolers” we commented that this appeared to be another sensational headline from a once highly respected newspaper. Since …
Rising school exclusions and EHE
What’s been said? On 27th April 2018 the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) published their submission to the Department for Education’s review of school exclusion and call for evidence. The …
Consultation Due in “Next few weeks” According to Government
What’s been said? Alex Cunningham MP (Lab, Stockton North) did the EHE community a great favour by submitting a three part written question about the forthcoming government consultation on the guidance on …