Category: Home Ed Life
What's it all for?
The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive efficient full-time education suitable- (a) to his age, ability and aptitude, and (b) to any special educational needs he may have, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise. So what’s a suitable education? From Home Education.org.uk 1.5 There is no…
A chink in the armour?
On Weds I was heartened to receive an email from the Select Committee on Children, Schools and Families, advising me of their inquiry into the review. Along with a response from the UK Statistics Authority implying that they are looking into the statistic use of Badman’s review, and an increasing number of MPs signing up…
Just one child
On Monday, Tim took Big up to Yorkshire to spend some time with L. Obviously first of all we had to have traumas as she thought she’d packed the day before, but she’d forgotten things like cuddlies, and coats and purses (which she then couldn’t find) and so on, so there was a bit of…
Complaint to The UK Statistics Authority
Hi I am writing to express my concern at the statistics used to inform Graham Badman’s review of home education, released 11 June 2009. The review can be found here as a free download. and the particularly disturbing section, on which the vast majority of the call to action and most upsetting recommendations are based…
Democracy in action?
Tonight I am feeling betrayed and let down by a man who in all reality has no responsibility to me at all. Lord Lucas has placed an amendment against the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill as follows: 311 Insert the following new Clause— “Support for home education Support for home education (1) The Secretary…
Home education review, what can we do now?
Lord Lucas asks To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, as required by the Code of Practice on Consultation, they have published an impact assessment to accompany the “Registration and Monitoring Proposals” consultation following Mr Badman’s report on Elective Home Education; and, if so, whether they will place a copy in the Library of the House.…
Broad and balanced v intrinsic motivation.
This review does not argue against the rights of parents as set out in Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 outlined above, nor their deeply held convictions about education. I believe it would be wrong to seek to legislate in pursuit of an all embracing definition of “suitableâ€. However, such is the demand and…
Yet another article in the guardian
Article doesn’t really get the main points about Graham Badman’s home education review across, but some comments, including Merry’s, do. Feel free to go and join the fray as there are quite a few posters who just don’t seem to get it.
Aged five and on flexi-time
Well, the publicity is continuing post Badman review, with an article in the Guardian today about flexi-schooling with the tagline “New regulation for home educators could mean a rush to take up part-time schooling, a parent writes”. I have commented as follows: Just because the review was accepted in full by ministers does not mean…
Conversations in passing
Last night I went to drop off the chocolate cake Small and I had made for the Beaver cake stall. When I got there, Brown Beaver was in conversation with two ppl she introduced as Akela and Jill, who run the cub group next in the heirarchy. I’d seen him arriving during Beavers, and was…