In the new draft home education guidance all the investigation and weighing up of evidence has been brought forward to the informal enquiries stage as part of a detailed “assessment of suitability”. The consultation asks a number of questions about this. I have created 2 new web pages to assist with your response https://edyourself.org/informal-process-in-new-guidance/ + https://edyourself.org/formal-process-in-new-guidance/ The Starting Page for the consultation with links to all documents and all the consultation pages on my site is here https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/ CLOSES 18.1.24.
Monthly Archives: November 2023
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The sentence “this should not be taken as implying that it is the responsibility of parents under s.436A to ‘prove’ that education at home is suitable” no longer appears in the new draft home education guidance for local authorities. What does this mean for home educators? Read more here https://edyourself.org/will-parents-have-to-prove-suitable-education/ The Starting Page for the consultation with links to all documents and all the consultation pages on my site is here https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/ CLOSES 18.1.24.
Assessment of suitability is the big idea in the new draft home education guidance with LAs seeking to “establish the child’s levels of literacy and numeracy”. This has massive implications if LAs feel parents are not co-operating to the fullest extent. Read my new page here https://edyourself.org/suitable-education-in-new-guidance-2/ The Starting Page for the consultation with links to all documents and web pages is here https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/ CLOSES 18.1.24.
In view of the current consultation mentioning “several edits to the guidance to aid in the understanding of suitable education” I have just published two new pages https://edyourself.org/suitable-education/ + https://edyourself.org/suitable-education-in-new-guidance/ The Starting Page for the consultation with links to all documents and web pages is here https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/ CLOSES 18.1.24.