Separating the Guidance from the Consultation
What’s been said? Last week the Department for Education published its revised guidance for EHE in England, and at the same time launched a consultation on introducing a registration scheme. In the …
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Registration but Not Monitoring – Really?
What’s been said? Most home educators will be aware that yesterday, 2 April, the DfE finally responded to last year’s Call for Evidence. Just under a year after that consultation Education Secretary, …
A Tragic Case Politically Reported
What’s been said? On 8 March Derbyshire Live carried an article by Eddie Bisknell reporting the death of a young person who was home-educated over “a number of years” and “is known …
Not Skipping School: Not Invisible Children
What’s been said? On Monday 4 February Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, launched a media storm seemingly to persuade the public that “there are tens of thousands of children in England” …
ADCS 2018 Elective Home Education Survey
What’s been said? In November the Association of Directors of Children’s Services published the third of its annual surveys [PDF] of LA’s and EHE. Overall the document provides some useful information, despite …
Where is the Evidence of Abuse and Radicalisation?
What’s been said? On 15 November, Tulip Siddiq MP (Lab. Hampstead and Kilburn) submitted a written question with the heading Home Education: Radicalism. She also asked about abuse, writing: “To ask the …