Sometimes It's Peaceful

Every year or so , the Department for Education asks for our views on proposed changes to guidance on home education or legislation . T...

When I was parenting several younger children of compulsory education age, I felt highly motivated to focus on the various threats (usually ...

There is a hierarchy of people whose livelihoods are based on our children. At the bottom are teachers, social workers and local authority o...

Such has been my dismay about the new government guidance for local authorities - and parents! - on home education , I haven't even look...

The Department for Education has this morning published: new guidance for local authorities and parents; a response to last year's c...

Much of the draft guidance currently open to consultation is based on a misinterpretation of Section 436A of the Education Act . Without t...

Section 7 of the Education Act, as we all know, tells us it is the: Duty of parents to secure education of children of compulsory school ...

The DfE issued this consultation yesterday. Here is an FAQ about it for home educators: 1. Why has the government issued new draft guidan...

Lord Soley 's bill was read for the second time in the House of Lords on 24th November, during which a scheduled debate on the subject...