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Home Education Scotland has written to Deputy First Minister and cabinet secretary for Education & Skills, John Swinney MSP, urging him to ensure that any new arrangements for SQA exams due to Covid-19 takes into account the needs of independent Read More …
Our Petition PE01692 calling for a public inquiry into the human rights impact of GIRFEC was lodged jointly with Tymes Trust in 2018 following a ‘Fringe’ event we had organised for families concerned about increasing state surveillance and interference in Read More …
The Scottish Home Education Forum has published a new piece of research in collaboration with Home Education Scotland, focusing on Local Authorities’ data protection policies and practices in relation to the withdrawal of children from school for elective home education. Read More …
The Covid-19 pandemic meant that independent candidates, including home educated young people, were not only denied access to the 2020 exams they had been working towards, but were also excluded from the alternative arrangements made for their schooled counterparts in Read More …
The UK government never seems to pay attention to the ‘evidence’ presented to them about the efficacy and validity of elective home education; indeed they haven’t even bothered to publish responses to their last attempt to undermine home education in Read More …
