Home educators cry “foul” as Badman granted extra time to justify flawed findings

Home educators today reacted angrily to the news that the DCSF has granted Graham Badman extra time to gather “evidence” for the Select Committee Inquiry into hisreport on Elective Home Education in England, in which he controversially claimed that home educated children are at greater Read More …

Lorraine Kelly misleads the nation

Interviewing a school refusing child and her mother on GMTV this morning, Lorraine Kelly told a blatant lie several times over: â€śIt’s the law, you must go to school until you’re 16.” Emphasising the point to the child, she added: “Your Read More …

Review fiasco prompts inquiry

An inquiry by the UK Parliament’s Children, Schools and Families Committee has been announced into the review of elective home education in England which was commissioned by the DCSF and conducted by Graham Badman. The recommendations outlined in Mr Badman’s report, which Read More …