What Most MPs Know about Home Education
What’s been said? The House of Commons Library published a Briefing Paper on Home Education in England on 23 April 2019. The Summary is available here and the full report may also …
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Wondering How to Respond to the Consultation?
What’s been said? In response to last year’s EHE consultation, the DfE announced another one at the start of April. Entitled Children Not in School, the new consultation seeks comments on establishing …
Two Sides of the ‘Registration’ Argument
What’s been said “Home-schooling is just another way for controlling parents to dominate and diminish their children’s lives” cries the headline in the Independent on 5 April 2019. The article, written by …
A “New Age” for Home Education
What’s been said? Rachel Wolf was an education and innovation adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron. Previously she had advised the Conservative Party on education before becoming a policy adviser to Boris …
Annex A: What Local Authorities Really Want
What’s been said? We recently commented on the opening three sections of the DfE’s response to the 2018 consultation. The next part, Annex A, is a question by question analysis of the …
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 …