27 May

Posted at 14:13h in Articles

1. “They can’t be scaled up”. Some people in the educational establishment eventually recognise the overwhelming evidence that small learning communities or similar maybe can work. However, they claim the problem is that they can’t be scaled up. The assumption is that scaling means going from a small setting, which may be a learning community, learning centre or small school or whatever, to a typical large school is not possible. Therefore the whole movement is fundamentally doomed as it can’t cater for the needs of large numbers of children. Let’s look at an example of real-life scaling. When Howard Schultz found that the...

08 Apr

Posted at 20:23h in News

A Welsh Government consultation will mandate sharing of young people's data, including confidential medical data, without consent, or even their knowledge, with local authorities' education departments. This appears to be an attempt to further encroach on the parental duty to make the decision concerning, and then to secure, a suitable education for their child/ren, and in particular a back door into non-consensual data collection about children being educated otherwise than in school. This is being proposed despite the fact that the vast majority of "Children Missing Education" are known to be on a school roll, but not attending. An earlier version...

24 Apr

Posted at 21:20h in Press Release

Government and Local Authorities are ignoring children’s rights, education legislation and hard evidence Key Points Children are all different, and there is no such thing as an effective one-size-fits-all education. The report asserts that maintaining educational diversity within society is essential if all children are to receive a suitable education. The report advocates for a suitable education for every child, with legitimate ‘otherwise’ provision whether in the form of elective home education or non-mainstream educational settings being afforded proper respect, without suspicion or stigma. Parents’ roles and responsibilities, especially in regard to education, must be acknowledged and respected. A proper balance must be maintained...