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Consultation on home education.

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Jax Blunt
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I received this in an email today:

“On 8th May the Department for Education and Skills published a consultation on guidelines for local authorities on elective home education. The publication of this consultation follows discussions with several groups representing home educators and with local authorities. Following these discussions it has been decided not to propose any changes to monitoring arrangements or legislation so this consultation is solely on the issuing of guidelines.

The guidelines set out our view on the best approach to balancing the rights of parents and the obligations of local authorities. The consultation will run until 31st July, and the document can be found at www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations or you can reply by email to homeeducation.consultation@dfes.gsi.gov.uk. I look forward to your response.

Thanks

Helen White”

I haven’t had time to pop around the blogring yet to see how many other ppl have posted this, but I thought it was worth sharing anyway. Right, off you all go and consult then!

ETA look what i found in the guidelines, under Useful Contacts:

Muddle Puddle – an independent site focusing on learning for 0-8 year olds

Website: www.muddlepuddle.co.uk

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5 responses to “Consultation on home education.”

  1. Merry avatar
    Merry

    Bloody hell. In all directions!
    Do we all breathe a collective sigh of relief then?

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  2. Jax avatar
    Jax

    I’m still searching frantically for the catch…although I do also think that we need to respond otherwise negative responses may cancel out a lack of positive responses?

    Reply
  3. HelenHaricot avatar
    HelenHaricot

    well, that is a ray of sunshine

    Reply
  4. Jonathan avatar
    Jonathan

    Looks pretty good. Sections 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6 still allow wiggle room for virulently anti-HE individuals to cause trouble. But then again, is the wiggle room necessary to allow flexible handling of the (rare) cases of abuse of the “HE” label?

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  5. Raymond avatar
    Raymond

    Here’s the BBC’s take on it – including a quote from Education Otherwise. There is still room for families being hassled – and the lack of definition of “full time” could cause disagreement – but on the whole I think it’s a great result.

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