Damien Hinds on Children Not in School
What’s been said? The Commons Education Committee held an Accountability Hearing on 26 June with Education Secretary Damian Hinds. He was questioned for an hour and forty minutes on a wide range …
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Wondering How to Respond to the Consultation?
What’s been said? In response to last year’s EHE consultation, the DfE announced another one at the start of April. Entitled Children Not in School, the new consultation seeks comments on establishing …
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 …
A Miscellany of Lighter Reading
What’s been said? At times one needs to take a break from perusing government documents and look again at the wider picture. To that end, this Byte links to three recent items, …
Humanists UK Welcomes Compulsory Home-School Register
What’s been said? When the DfE published its updated EHE Guidance and launched its consultation on “Children not in school” on 2 April, there was a flurry of media reports covering Damien …
Separating the Guidance from the Consultation
What’s been said? Last week the Department for Education published its revised guidance for EHE in England, and at the same time launched a consultation on introducing a registration scheme. In the …