Yearly Archives: 2026
19 posts
After the murder of Sara Sharif in August 2023, Surrey CC carried out a safeguarding review which was published at the end of 2025. This new page looks at what the review revealed about processes in Surrey and problems with the family court system https://edyourself.org/sara-sharif/
In light of recent government amendments in the Lords and particularly the non-government amendment from shadow education minister Baroness Barran which still has to be approved by MPs in the House of Commons, I have updated my post on Sara Sharif https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/sara-sharif/
I have updated my post on Baroness Barran’s amendments with more detail about the amendment which was passed and what it means https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/late-report-amendments-baroness-barran/
The House of Lords has now finished debating Children Not In School at Report stage and looks set to complete Report by next week. This new post explains more https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/what-we-now-know-after-january-28th/
There are changes to the law being planned for home education in England and Wales, this new post explains more https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/what-wellbeing-bill-means-for-home-education/
Slow progress at day 3 of Report could have a knock-on effect for getting the Wellbeing Bill through by Easter, this post explains more https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/wellbeing-bill-rush-for-easter/
It was expected that the House of Lords would start debating Children Not In School on Wednesday January 21st 2026, but this did not happen, read more here https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/lords-didnt-get-to-cnis-jan-21st/ DEBATE WILL NOW BE ON JANUARY 28TH.
On Monday January 19th Baroness Barran tabled some late amendments for the Wellbeing and Bill, saying they were about safeguarding. NEW POST https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/late-report-amendments-baroness-barran/ SEE ALSO RELEVANT LETTER FROM MINISTER ABOUT COST AND PROPORTIONALITY https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/will-write-letters-from-day-9-committee/ UPDATED DECEMBER 2025
The government will be presenting new amendments to Children Not In School for the Wellbeing Bill on Wednesday January 21st 2026. This new post explains the background and sets out some questions https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/questioning-new-government-amendments/
In light of recent government amendments about Child Protection Plans going back 5 years, I have updated my evidence for the Wellbeing Bill debate in the Lords around January 21st 2026 https://edyourself.org/bill-committee-evidence-january-2025/
The government has tabled amendments to the Wellbeing Bill giving local authorities the power to prevent or stop a child being home educated if there has been a Child Protection Plan in the past 5 years NEW PAGE HERE https://edyourself.org/government-amendments-for-lords-report-5/
I am on a Zoom panel today – 10-5 – to discuss the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill FACEBOOK LINK HERE https://t.co/JhqvLFafhh YOUTUBE LINK HERE https://t.co/NttYnHh8TE
In future, each time regulations are changed, the Westminster parliament or the Senedd will have to look closely and vote in favour of the proposed changes, more about why this matters here https://edyourself.org/government-amendments-for-lords-report-4/
The government has tabled amendments designed to reduce the reporting burden on parents for the Children Not In School register. NEW POST HERE https://edyourself.org/government-amendments-for-lords-report-3/
On January 7th 2026 the government tabled a late amendment to the Wellbeing Bill setting out a new requirement for local authorities to consider the family home within 15 days of registration, NEW POST HERE https://edyourself.org/government-amendments-for-lords-report-2/
On January 7th 2026 the government published revised policy summary notes for the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill including big changes to Children Not In School clauses. NEW POST HERE https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/government-changes-wellbeing-bill-january-2026/
On January 7th 2026 the government tabled amendments to the Wellbeing Bill setting out details of a pilot scheme with a limited number of local authorities requiring parent AND CHILD to meet the LA before a child could be deregistered for home education. Assuming worst case scenario this passes into law, it will probably be 2028 before this starts. NEW PAGE HERE https://edyourself.org/government-amendments-for-lords-report/