Party Manifestos and Home Education
An overview of different parties commitments re home education and other policies which undermine the role of parents in the lives of their children What’s been said? There has been a frantic …
Tag: safeguarding
York MP holds DfE’s Feet to the Fire with Barrage of Written Questions
Multiple Written Questions submitted in quick succession by Rachael Maskell in ten days, some featuring home education! What’s been said? Rachael Maskell (Labour/Co-operative, York Central) is a prolific user of Written Questions …
Why hasn’t the Welsh Government Listened to the General Medical Council?
Current consultation on ‘CME’ databases demonstrates that the WG has ignored important responses to its previous consultation What’s been said? Currently the Welsh Government [WG] is conducting a consultation on databases of …
Ex-minister says Ofsted should check on home-school parents
Tory Peer, Lord Nash, implores Bridget Phillipson to ensure Labour bring in registration and tighten up inspection and regulation of home educated families when they are in government, claiming four-fifths of parents …
Lobbying, Lobbying and more Lobbying
Cross-party demands for registration and greater oversight of children not in school continue unabated on either side of the Christmas recess. [Stop Press: We have included at the end of this Byte …
Schools Minister quizzed about CNiS registers by Education Committee
MPs press the Government on attendance figures and urge prompt action on registers What’s been said? On Tuesday 27 June, the Education Committee held the final oral evidence session related to its …