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 …
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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” …
More Spin than Fact
What’s been said? Hull Daily Mail reporter Angus Young’s 29 November article, “Schools are encouraging parents to home-educate kids to improve their performance” was no more HE-friendly than his previous one on …