Home Education Isn’t Always at Home
What is there to be learned about the importance of community education from the contrasting lockdown experiences of families in Scotland and England? What’s been said? On 27 March the Tes published …
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It’s Official – Home Schooling is not Elective Home Education!
The apparent reasons behind the Department for Education’s recent comment and what it may or may not achieve. What’s been said? On 20 October the DfE published a blog post entitled, “All …
“I learned a lot from being home schooled”
Reflections on an unusual educational journey and its relevance to parents who find themselves pandemic-schooling What’s been said? Now a second year journalism student, Tristan Ledger’s article published in the Tes on …
Real Education is Relational – especially in a Pandemic
Recognising positive educational opportunities provided by the current crisis What’s been said? Two articles: Why you shouldn’t worry about ‘getting behind’ by Ross Mountney, posted in her Notebook on 27 April, and …
Challenging Underlying Assumptions
Educational professional suggests parents’ role is secondary to that of schools What’s been said? On 20 March 2020, in response to school closures due to COVID-19, Becky Francis, CEO of the Education …
OSA Annual Report Speaks of Rising EHE Numbers
Whilst home education receives minimal attention in the text, it features prominently in parliament and in the press What’s been said? A joint press release on 24 February from the Department for …