Direct Engagement in Wales
Education Committee to discuss QC’s legal opinion on draft guidance What’s been said? The next meeting of the Children, Young People & Education Committee of the National Assembly for Wales [CYPE] is …
Tag: Welsh Assembly
Meanwhile Back in Westminster – Albeit Briefly
Make the upcoming election about more than Brexit What’s been said? For understandable reasons the British home educating community has had its attention focussed on the Welsh proposals in recent weeks. We …
Reversing the Pressure on Politicians
What’s been said? Over the last decade, various groups have lobbied politicians hard to tighten state oversight of family life. High on their list of targets has been home education. Home educators …
When Good Parents Do Nothing
What’s been said? In the early 1950s one parent, Joy Baker, stood up to officialdom in order to exercise her right to educate her own children rather than let the state decide …
Protecting Your Children’s Privacy
What’s been said? Across the UK, governments are increasingly turning to data sharing to monitor their citizens’ lives. The latest example of this is the Welsh consultation, which proposes a new requirement …
Safeguarding – Not just a Welsh Consultation Issue
What’s been said? This post considers the issue of “safeguarding” raised by the Welsh consultation on new EHE guidelines. We do stress, however, that these issues also apply to HE families across …