How does your council measure up on GIRFEC?

  Our latest GIRFEC-related magnum opus has just been published, in which we have compared council claims  in relation to the gathering and sharing of ‘wellbeing’ data on children and family members with information published on their websites. Read our Read More …

Home Education Inquiry (England): pre-emption and doublespeak

It was a case of one against three witnesses (and the entire committee) when Jane Lowe of HEAS gave evidence to the Inquiry on 24 November. Watch the session or read the transcripts: Formal meeting (oral evidence session): Home Education  Read More …

‘Independent’ Commons Committee Chair accused of breaking parliamentary rules

We are grateful to Protecting Home Education Wales (PHEW) for articulating in this blog post the shock and deep disappointment of home educators across the UK at the ‘performance’ on BBC Radio 4 of the supposedly ‘independent’ Chair of the Read More …

Our Scottish Parliament Petition: The Never Ending Story

In a seemingly never ending loop, the Education & Skills Committee agreed at its virtual meeting on 11 November 2020  to keep our Petition PE01692 (calling for a public inquiry into the human rights impact of GIRFEC) open, and to Read More …