Mr Hinds and the Home Learning Environment
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. …
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The Times, Home Education and Fake News
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 …
Police track hundreds of ‘invisible’ home-schoolers
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 …
Protecting Children and Bridging Social Divides
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 …
One Battle Won
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 …
Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper & EHE
What’s been said? Anyone listening to Dame Louise Casey on this morning’s (14/3/18) Today Programme, would have noticed that she mentioned home education repeatedly. This was in connection with the Integrated Communities …