The Truth Always Matters
The Independent Press Standards Organisation [IPSO] has upheld a complaint that Sir Iain Duncan Smith’s article in the Daily Telegraph, 27 March 2023, breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of …
Tag: The Telegraph
Understanding the Past Helps us to Address the Present
Whilst thankful for support during the Schools Bill Second Reading debate, it is the critical comments which need engaging with What’s been said? This Byte opens with brief reflections on the Second …
Counting Children
Challenging rhetoric and addressing long-standing confusion over the assertion that collecting data on every child matters What’s been said? This Byte reports on four recent items, two from Defend Digital Me [DDM] …
Children’s Commissioner Leads a Chorus of “And So Say All of Us”
Rachel de Souza is far from alone in calling for all children to be in school, with the Government’s own report on the first meeting of the new “attendance alliance” demonstrating that …
A “New Age” for Home Education
What’s been said? Rachel Wolf was an education and innovation adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron. Previously she had advised the Conservative Party on education before becoming a policy adviser to Boris …
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, …