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Following a deluge of responses to the Welsh Government’s consultation on its misguided proposals to introduce parent licensing for home educators as part of the forthcoming Education (Wales) Bill, plans for such a scheme have now been officially shelved. In Read More …
Non-confidential responses to the consultation on the proposed Children and Young People Bill are now on the Scottish Government’s website. View them here. This bit caught our eye: Please note that some consultation responses have been partially redacted due to Read More …
It looks like the English may have a few lessons to teach the Welsh and the Scots when it comes to law abiding minorities and elective home education. Oh how we yawned when they announced an inquiry by Westminster’s Education Read More …
Further to our recent post on the Scottish Government’s Engage for Education website, in particular the first in a series of blog posts by members of the GIRFEC Programme Board, we were once again becoming concerned that some ‘engaging’ comments might have vanished into the Read More …
A dedicated new action group has been set up to co-ordinate responses to legislative proposals by the Welsh Ass Government, which, if enacted, would effectively usurp parents’ responsibility for education by imposing a regulatory regime on a long established and Read More …
