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We have no hesitation in supporting our home educating friends south of the border who have asked us to sign and publicise their petition to the UK Parliament. Require local exam centres to accept home-educated students for public exams Home Read More …
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 …
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 …
By way of yet another example of the wilful blindness of policy-makers to home education as an equally valid alternative to schooling, The Times reports on the failure of Ofqual and the UK government to consider home educated and other Read More …
Ofqual have just updated their guidance for private candidates which will apply to many home educated young people during the Covid-19 crisis. A statement on our updated guidance for private candidates Update on centre assessment grades and Read More …
