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 …
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Named Person Scheme Pronounced Dead (But its Spectre Lives On)
What’s been said? On 19 September 2019 John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister for Scotland, announced that “the mandatory Named Person Scheme for every child, underpinned by law, will now not happen.” …
Parents Coerced, Nudged and Persuaded into Home Education
What’s been said? Three days after Ed Timpson’s appearance before the Education Committee at which the connection between off-rolling and HE featured, the Tes carried a series of three articles by Dave …
Scottish Home Educators “Face an Overtly Hostile Environment”
What’s been said? Home-educating families are being unfairly treated through Scotland’s health-visiting service, writes Alison Preuss in the Tes on 29 June 2019. Preuss is the founder of Scottish Home Education Forums, …
Non-consensual Inter-agency Information-sharing in Scotland
What’s been said? The sub-title of a 28 May Tes article, Government’s safeguarding policy making families who home-educate feel ‘under threat’, is as true now as it was when we first reported …
Longfield Calls for Home Education Assessments
What’s been said? On 11 June 19, Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, appeared before the Education Committee for an “accountability hearing.” The recording of the seventy-five minute session can be watched …