Home-educators ‘face an overtly hostile environment’

Published in TES Scotland, 29 June 2019 Home-educators ‘face an overtly hostile environment’ Home-educating families are being unfairly treated through Scotland’s health-visiting service, writes Alison Preuss New research by the Scottish Home Education Forum on families’ experiences of the health-visiting service in Read More …

Survey report: Home educators’ experiences of the health visiting service in Scotland

The Scottish Home Education Forum invited home educating families to share their experiences of the health visiting service in Scotland after observing a steady increase in members’ reporting of concerns about engagements with health visitors, both via direct enquiries and Read More …

Health visitors are not compulsory – just like schools, nurseries and, allegedly, named persons

[Re-blogged from Leahurst66] Note pushed through the letterbox of a parent of a four-year-old child (not of  compulsory education age) by a health visitor misrepresenting the law and exceeding his remit, while committing a heinous crime against the English language. Read More …