Here is some background information regarding Lord Soley’s Home Education Bill as set out in this FOI from Hertfordshire CC, including correspondence from AEHEP in April 2017 and notes from the meeting with Lord Soley and others at the House of Lords in October 2017.
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.
Click here for Ofsted guidance to inspectors about home education. (Many inspection reports do not appear to follow this guidance)
The Government has confirmed that it expects to publish draft guidance on home education in the next few weeks. Once the draft has been published it will be subject to a public consultation process.
HOUSE OF COMMONS RESEARCH BRIEFING CONFIRMS THE POSITION, FEBRUARY 13TH 2018
Here are some discussions between Lord Soley and various local authority officers September to December 2017, derived from this FOI
On January 4th 2018 Wales Online reported that “Parents home educating their children in Wales will have to join a register”
Here are some emails to and from Kent County Council regarding Lord Soley’s Home Education Bill covering the period 6 October 2017 to 17 November 2017. FOI LINK Continue reading
Ofsted new framework for the Inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services [ILACS] will begin in 2018. Each year, Ofsted will ask local authorities to share a self-evaluation of social work practice and meet with Ofsted regional representatives to discuss data, plus there will be standard and short inspections as described here. Continue reading
