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 …
Tag: radicalisation
Trusting Parents to Know What’s Best for Their Children
What’s been said? Sophia Moss’ balanced and comprehensive article in the 10th July edition of Prospect magazine is well worth its 10-12 minutes’ estimated reading time. Entitled “Home education: can we really …
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 …
Police track hundreds of ‘invisible’ home-schoolers
What’s been said? On Saturday 28 April, The Times published a report with the above headline. It states that “For the first time officers have begun conducting welfare checks on homeschooled children …
Fears of bullying drives Muslim children to being homeschooled
What’s been said? If you’ve read our post about Islamic parents choosing to home educate as a result of bullying, the above headline will sound familiar. This one is taken from a …
Extremist Home Educators are Known to the Police
What’s been said? According to an article in the Sunday Times (4 March 2018) police have been aware since 2015 of 35 extremists who removed their children to home education from state …