Dare to Know

...with notes if there is a contentious interpretation of case law on the nature of a suitable and efficient education: Bedfordshire HE Po...

An “efficient” and “suitable” education is not defined in the Education Act 1996 but “efficient” has been broadly described in case law  as ...

Will be updating as and when I hear of new blog posts about the bill.  HE Byte cutting through the confusion surrounding the announceme...

What is it about the " Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill , which received its first reading in the Lords on 27th June 201...

Home educators are still not missing a beat.  A Private Members' Bill with the title: Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill...

 For the record, a link to Woolf's ruling:  Woolf J said: ‘education is ‘suitable’ if it primarily equips a child for life within the ...

There is new guidance on section 436A  .  It essentially enables more robust tracking of children not registered in schools.

From the TES: Having won a reprieve during the last Labour administration, the Home Education lobby will no doubt be preparing for a fight ...

'The author would like to thank the excellent anonymous volunteers who made the FOI requests, in order to ensure that she obtained the i...

It's hard to count exactly, but Daniel Monk gets it wrong A LOT. And the reasons why this matters? He is providing training to a number ...

NB, NB, all Welsh AND other UK HEors: What happens in Wales will influence what other LAs around the country decide to do, so it is very m...

Towards the end of 2014, members of the West Midlands Elective Home Education Forum which was headed up by Jenny Dodd of Staffordshire LA, p...

There is news of a new association of LA officials who claim to be the professionals in this situation:  " To Stephen Bishop DfE from...

Season's Greetings folks....but don't get too relaxed because just when you are at your busiest, here's another job to put at th...

This blog has been pretty quiet lately, mainly because perforce, it mutated into a campaign blog fighting to protect the right of families t...

The following is a request from a solicitor who has supported many home educators over the years: URGENT: please consider responding to a...

..can be read here: http://www.hedni.org/2014/05/consultation-response-dr-paula-rothermel

Wow wow wow!!! Mark Wright experiences a volte-face on the subject of home education, starting at about 57 mins in. Ex home educator Christ...

Following on from the guest post at Sometimes it's Peaceful , which explained the background and much of the current situation regardin...

The background and current situation regarding the proposed new policy on Home Education is lucidly explained in this guest post by Sarah D...