The Portsmouth case was a judicial review brought by local home educators against Portsmouth council. Home educators in Portsmouth were seeking a ruling from a judge that certain actions of the council were not allowed.
Continue readingUpper Tribunal Case, Leaving Section I Blank
This is a case I won at the Upper Tribunal in September 2021, NN V Cheshire East Council (SEN): [2021] UKUT 220 (AAC) . It concerns education otherwise than at school [EOTAS] where it is not intended that the child will actually attend school but a school is nevertheless named on the EHCP whether that is for funding purposes or because the LA thinks it is better in some way to be attached to a school or for a school to manage the provision.
Continue readingFree Courses for Home Educated 15 year olds at South Essex College
Birmingham: Free Sessions for Home Educating Parents Primary Age Children, July 2018
Calderdale College Home Educated 14-16s Courses
South Leicestershire College 14-16 home ed courses
Background Information Lord Soley’s Home Education Bill
Ofsted inspection home education quotes Dec 2017 – Jan 2018
Home education quotes in Ofsted inspection reports (children’s services safeguarding December 2017 to January 2018, representing the last in the cycle of Single Inspection Framework [SIF] inspections
Draft Guidance Home Education Published Shortly For Consultation (England)
Correspondence various LAs Lord Soley Home Education Bill
Here are some discussions between Lord Soley and various local authority officers September to December 2017, derived from this FOI