Ofsted home education Peterborough and Cheshire East

Primary Maths Challenge for Home Education

There is a yahoo group set up specifically for home educated children to be able to take part in the Primary Maths Challenge.

Graham Stuart MP praises Cambridgeshire Home Education Department

A recent article in the Local Government Chronicle published just before schools broke up for the summer (subscription required) looks at how local authorities deal with home educating families and holds up Cambridgeshire as a model of good practice.

school exclusions, no going back

Central College Nottingham 14-16 Home Ed GCSE Success

Happy to share this message from Central College Nottingham:

Home Educated Students GCSE Success

Ofsted monitoring school exclusions

It’s disappointing that Ofsted doesn’t do more to check on maintained schools and academies use of internal and external exclusion. Potentially there are 4 ways this could be done currently, both at school level and at local authority level, although there are drawbacks to each:

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alternative provision to avert permanent school exclusion

This is the third post in my guide to school exclusion in order that the all-important conversations with the school and with the local authority – especially if the child has a statement of SEN or EHCP – can happen much earlier in the process.

parents’ guide to internal exclusions (England)

ofsted home education stoke darlington and wiltshire

Reports have now been published for a further 3 local authorities under the new Ofsted home education guidance (April 2015).

parents’ guide to school exclusions (England)

Parents of 14 and 15 year olds sometimes contact me because they are considering taking their child out of school to avoid the stigma of a permanent exclusion.