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 …
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Independent Views
What’s been said? The topic of home education has received consistent coverage in various sections of the Independent. Their Education Correspondent Eleanor Busby published two articles on 2 April. The first, headed …
A Miscellany of Lighter Reading
What’s been said? At times one needs to take a break from perusing government documents and look again at the wider picture. To that end, this Byte links to three recent items, …
Humanists UK Welcomes Compulsory Home-School Register
What’s been said? When the DfE published its updated EHE Guidance and launched its consultation on “Children not in school” on 2 April, there was a flurry of media reports covering Damien …
Home Truths: the Rise of Home Education
What’s been said? “The recent growth in the number of children being educated at home is a cause of concern for some, yet many parents say they have little choice but to …
Not Skipping School: Not Invisible Children
What’s been said? On Monday 4 February Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, launched a media storm seemingly to persuade the public that “there are tens of thousands of children in England” …