Vigilance still Needed
With the spotlight on pandemic schooling at home and the problems of reopening schools, it is helpful to be reminded that state distrust of home education has not evaporated. What’s been said? …
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Home Education – a “Problem” that won’t Go Away
Home education continues to feature in parliamentary business What’s been said? This Byte reviews references made to HE in parliamentary business since the beginning of the year. On 7 January Lord Pearson …
Ofsted Annual Report 2018-19
Home education features in the context of off-rolling and unregistered schools What’s been said? 21 January saw the publication of Ofsted’s Annual Report for the academic year 2018-19. The opening letter to …
Meanwhile Back in Westminster – Albeit Briefly
Make the upcoming election about more than Brexit What’s been said? For understandable reasons the British home educating community has had its attention focussed on the Welsh proposals in recent weeks. We …
Ofsted Continues to Lobby against HE Parents
What’s been said? A press release “Home education: a choice or last resort?” on 15 Oct announced the publication of new research by Ofsted entitled, ‘Exploring moving to home education in secondary …
Home Schooling More Than Doubles to ‘Size of a Small Secondary School’
What’s been said? Home schooling more than doubles to “size of a small secondary school” is the rather sensational headline of a report by Molly Williams in the Sheffield Telegraph on 4 …