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Our attention was recently drawn to this SPICe briefing in respect of Scottish Parliament Petition PE01730 (with 11 signatures), which calls for the ‘registration’ (or, more accurately, ‘licensing’) of children who are electively home educated in Scotland. We will critique Read More …
Following John Swinney’s admission of defeat over the Named Person scheme, Scottish Home Education Forum co-ordinator Alison Preuss appeared on the BBC’s The Nine to explain why it breached human rights and had to be scrapped.
Errors have been spotted in Scottish Government guidance Included, engaged and involved part 1: promoting and managing school attendance (‘Measures for Compulsory Compliance’, section 7). It is education that is compulsory, school is not. Only enrolled pupils are subject to Read More …
Having met with the Scottish Government several times over the past year to raise concerns about some local authorities’ misrepresentation and misapplication of both education legislation and overarching human rights and data protection laws, the Scottish Home Education Forum is Read More …
The Scottish Government’s consultation on incorporating the UNCRC into Scots domestic law closed on 28 August 2019. The consultation paper can be read here. The Scottish Home Education Forum response can be read here.
