The Long Awaited Response to the CNiS Consultation
Does the Department for Education’s response actually contain any new information, and if so, what is it? What’s been said? Most home educators will be aware by now that on 3 February …
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Sharing Bad Practice Across the Four Nations
Evidence has recently emerged that the English Department for Education is in contact with its counterparts in the devolved nations, and they are certainly not singing the praises of hard working, dedicated …
Trying to Come to Terms with the Portsmouth Judgment
There is a vital need to understand the implications of the outcome of the recent Judicial Review if our diverse home educating communities are not to completely surrender their responsibilities as parents. …
Keeping Children Safe in Education – Revised Guidance
Education Committee’s desire for safeguarding guidance on home education partially fulfilled in double-quick time! What’s been said? A previous post highlighted the unacknowledged narrative in the Education Select Committee’s Report, “Strengthening Home …
Education Committee’s Report is not What it Says on the Tin
Identifying the unexplained assumption which lay behind the Education Committee’s inquiry into Home Education. What’s been said? When the Education Select Committee announced its inquiry into “Home Education,” we encouraged home educating …
Councillor Claims “The Problem at the Moment is Education is Compulsory but School isn’t”
Motion for East Yorkshire Council to lobby Ministers for mandatory registration and a clearer definition of “suitable and efficient.” What’s been said? On 18 February Hull Live carried a noxious report entitled …