I have recently published 2 new pages about the home education guidance consultation https://edyourself.org/7-consultation-questions-and-suggested-pages + https://edyourself.org/safeguarding-in-new-guidance-2/ (ensuring “sufficient secular education” by way of literacy and numeracy checks)
All my pages on the consultation are linked from here https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/#allpages
A closer look at the SEND Chapter has revealed some problems. 2 new web pages have just been added https://edyourself.org/special-educational-needs-in-new-guidance/ + https://edyourself.org/special-needs-in-new-guidance-2/
My Starting Page has links to all the consultation pages on this site https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/
The safeguarding chapter in the new draft home education guidance is much the same as the current guidance but because of what now appears elsewhere in the guidance, the advice on safeguarding has become even more problematic. New web page on Safeguarding in the New Guidance https://edyourself.org/safeguarding-in-new-guidance/
My Starting Page has links to all the consultation pages on this site https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/
The online consultation form for the new draft home education guidance puts respondents into different categories depending on their background. Most of the questions which follow are multiple choice which enables responses to be sorted eg x% of parents agreed; x% of local authorities agreed. 10 questions have a comment box for writing your answer. DfE is likely to use automated textual analysis which will search for key words and phrases in the written responses. Read more here https://edyourself.org/online-consultation-new-guidance/ My Starting Page has links to all the consultation pages on this site https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/
The new draft guidance encourages information gathering on a far bigger scale than any previous guidance yet has virtually nothing to say about GDPR or the statutory responsibilities of being a data controller plus there is no mention of the need for Privacy Notices or complying with Subject Access Requests. New web page https://edyourself.org/data-protection-in-new-guidance/ My Starting Page has links to all the consultation pages on this site https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/
In the new draft guidance support is left entirely up to local authorities to decide as part of their local process. Nothing is a must-do. Annual monitoring is one of the potential support options. The consultation asks for your views. Read my new web page here https://edyourself.org/support-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.
