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The Faculty of Advocates has urged the Scottish Government to “get back to basics” on children’s rights in a robust response to the consultation on children’s service planning. Under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, non-statutory guidance will be issued Read More …
Irish home educators are once again under threat as proposals have been covertly concocted, with no stakeholder consultation, to allow state agents to access private family homes and force children to submit to interrogation by strangers without their consent. In tried and tested dissembling fashion, the Read More …
Interviewing a school refusing child and her mother on GMTV this morning, Lorraine Kelly told a blatant lie several times over: “It’s the law, you must go to school until you’re 16.” Emphasising the point to the child, she added: “Your Read More …
Carolyne Willow’s opinion piece in the Guardian, in which she criticises the Badman home education proposals as being unhelpful for children, has attracted a wide range of readers’ comments. While some commentators clearly see his DCSF commissioned report for what it is Read More …
