Questioning Common Assumptions
Former teacher, now home educating her own children, speaks out against the misinformation and distrust meted out to home educators What’s been said? On 30 November Schoolsweek featured an Opinion piece by …
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Some Positives and Negatives of Pandemic Schooling
Will home education now be viewed through the filter of negative ‘home-schooling’ experiences during lockdown? What’s been said? On 30 June 2020, shortly after the government abandoned plans to fully reopen primary …
“Child Cruelty Case Triggers Call for Home Schooling Review”
Reports on Serious Case Review highlight the importance of always looking at the facts behind the headlines What’s been said? On 29 January 2020 The Guardian published an article about a Serious …
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 …
Spin Alert! – The Guardian and Off-Rolling
Note: This Byte reporting on mid-January media coverage of the OSA Annual Report was due for release earlier this month. However, publication was delayed due to a surge in media interest following …
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” …