What Exactly is a Voluntary Registration Scheme?
This is a third article written in response to the 2023 consultation on proposed revised guidance on elective home education in England. However it also has relevance for families in Wales, where …
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Vocal Peers Press for Swift Action on Unregistered Schools and Home Education Registers
In response to a question from Lord Warner, Lord Addington summarises his colleagues’ disappointment at the loss of the Schools Bill, “We did not like the first bit but we did like …
Look Out! Here Comes Another Bill!
MP makes known that they are working towards putting forward a Ten Minute Rule Bill to establish “the register” of children not in school. What’s been said? Many will be aware that …
Don’t Miss this Opportunity to Accentuate the Positives
Petitions Committee debate on 27 March is an opportunity to connect with your MP and communicate to them the benefits to children of family-based education. Post publication note: On Tuesday 7 March, …
Attendance, Attendance, Attendance
Viewing complex, multi-faceted problems through a single lens only distorts the issues; trying to impose a one-size-fits-all solution only causes further harm to those involved – especially when it sets the unreachable …
Demise of the Schools Bill Finally Confirmed
The million dollar question was eventually answered by Gillian Keegan during an Education Committee Accountability Hearing on Wednesday 7 December, three months after rumours had begun to circulate! What’s been said? “What …