Ofsted Annual Report 2018-19
Home education features in the context of off-rolling and unregistered schools What’s been said? 21 January saw the publication of Ofsted’s Annual Report for the academic year 2018-19. The opening letter to …
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Essex Councillors Fear Home Educated Children are Joining Gangs
Guilt by rumoured association is on the increase, thanks to Longfield and Spielman What’s been said? The misleading headline “Essex parents who home school now face a £1,000 fine if they mess …
Gateshead’s EHE Multi-Agency Group is an Alarming Signal
Why Gateshead’s Draft EHE Strategy also matters elsewhere What’s been said? A recent Byte alerted home educators to a consultation on their Draft Elective Home Education Strategy 2020-25 opened by Gateshead Council …
Darlington Safeguarding Children Board Considers HE a Problem
Local reporter spins their report to spread unjustified fears What’s been said? On 5 November the Northern Echo carried an article entitled “Fresh law calls to protect home schooled youngsters.” Written by …
Dame Louise Casey: “I don’t like Home Schooling”
Why she’s profoundly worried that your family isn’t being monitored What’s been said? Around two o’clock in the afternoon on Friday 29 November, a convicted terrorist, Usman Khan, attacked fellow delegates at …
Meanwhile Back in Westminster – Albeit Briefly
Make the upcoming election about more than Brexit What’s been said? For understandable reasons the British home educating community has had its attention focussed on the Welsh proposals in recent weeks. We …