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The Soley bill (Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill (HL Bill 11)) has now had its second reading in the House of Lords. Those who managed to stomach the ‘debate’ witnessed too many lords a-leaping to ill-founded conclusions, encouraged by Read More …
Members of a national home education network have issued a warning to Bradford Metropolitan District Council that current procedures and proposed policy changes outlined in a report by its deputy children’s services director “may not be in accordance with the Read More …
The NSPCC report on home education is out (original link now dead, see below) Usual warnings about being in a safe place before reading it. The only good bit is: Home-educating parents or carers are not more likely than others to Read More …
Re-blogged from Leahurst66 Another one from the home education vaults… With the benefit of hindsight we can see how the tragic death of a little girl was exploited to sell GIRFEC-flavoured state guardian snake oil to the public. See also ID cards Read More …
Readers will recall that Perth and Kinross Council has featured disproportionately in our news items after its Child Protection Committee sought to deliberately discredit home educators by labelling them as likely child abusers. Robbing the graves of murdered children in Read More …
