What’s been said? In a wide-ranging interview with The Times, 10 November, Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, answered questions on education-related topics including knife crime, school exclusions, alternative provision, social media, faith schools …
What’s been said? Home education has generally had a rough ride over recent years as far as media reporting goes, being frequently rubbished without proper consideration or dismissed as a no-hope option. …
What’s been said? When The Times (28 April) reported “Police track hundreds of ‘invisible’ home-schoolers” we commented that this appeared to be another sensational headline from a once highly respected newspaper. Since …
What’s been said? On Saturday 28 April, The Times published a report with the above headline. It states that “For the first time officers have begun conducting welfare checks on homeschooled children …
What’s been said? Following the publication of the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, attention turned to questions in the Lords on Children: Missed Education and the Telegraph article “Plan for home school …
What’s been said? The Integrated Communities Strategy, published 15 March 2018 (see our comment) made clear that those demanding compulsory registration for home educators were to be disappointed. Greg Hurst’s confident pronouncements …
