Amanda Spielman’s “greatest concern”
What’s been said? Published on 31 October 2018, a letter from Amanda Spielman to the Public Accounts Committee sets out what Ofsted considers to be major risks to the quality of education …
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MPs and Education amongst Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities – 2
What’s been said? On 12th September, two days after this debate in the Commons, the Women and Equalities Committee held an oral evidence session as part of their inquiry Tackling inequalities faced …
Home Ed on the LibDem Fringe
What’s been said? Recently we reminded our readers that the Political Conference season would soon be here, and made a passing reference to the new policy on EHE which the Liberal Democrats …
The Myth of HE Radicalisation
What’s been said? The last thing most members of the HE community wanted to hear on the day after many of us completed the mammoth task of responding to the English EHE …
Some Truths About Exclusions
What’s been said? The BBC’s World at One programme on 11 June ran a lengthy feature article on the issue of school exclusions, in advance of an Education Select Committee report due …
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 …