Debates held in Plenary and Committee sessions during late March and early April Welsh Conservatives abstain in Senedd CME Database Pilot Regulations vote Agenda item 7 of the Senedd Plenary session [video] on Tuesday 1 April was the Children Act 2004 (Children Missing Education Database) (Pilot) (Wales) Regulations 2025. Cabinet… Read More »Further activity in the Senedd on CME Databases and the CWS Bill
Failure of database pilots would make it necessary for the government to find a way to impose a duty on parents to register their children as being home educated On 17 September, MS for South Wales Central Rhys ab Owen, (Independent) tabled two Written Questions. Firstly he asked: “Why doesn’t… Read More »Senedd member submits Written Questions about improving accuracy of CME database and about evaluation of pilots
In 2018 the Education Minister of the time, Kirsty Williams, had no hesitation in saying that the proposals to create Children Missing Education databases were an integral part of the Welsh Government’s intention “to identify who is home educated, and to assess if they are receiving suitable education.” Two years… Read More »Cabinet Secretary for Education says CME Databases “are not about elective home education”
This post builds on previous correspondence we have had with Equity in Education [EiE] concerning the “Child Friendly Versions” [CFV] of the “Children missing education database” consultation which was held earlier this year. Relevant posts are from 8 April and 13 June. We received a reply from EIE on 9… Read More »Further Correspondence with Equity in Education – July/August 2024
In April we shared here details of an email we had received from the Welsh Government’s Equity in Education Team. Attached to it were Welsh and English versions of the “Child Friendly Versions” [CFV] of the “Children missing education database” consultation which was ongoing at the time. We replied at… Read More »Correspondence from Equity in Education and our Reply – April/June 2024
In response to the Welsh Government’s failure to upload the children’s and young people’s version of the Children Missing Education Database consultation on its website, members of our team have worked with other home educators to produce alternative graphics which we hope will encourage young people who are being home… Read More »Suggestions for how children and young people could respond to Databases Consultation
On the afternoon of 27 March 2024 we received the following email from the Welsh Government’s Equity in Education Team: Dear Families First in EducationWe have prepared a children and young person’s version of our consultation document to support targeted engagement with children and young people. This is attached for… Read More »Correspondence from Equity in Education and our Reply – March/April 2024
Education Minster takes oral questions at Senedd Plenary before moving to new role As widely reported, Vaughan Gething was appointed First Minister of Wales on 20 March and has since announced his “new look cabinet.” (We note that Mr Gething has chosen to return to a previous practice of calling… Read More »Senedd Plenary – 13 March 2024
On 31 January the Welsh Government launched their long-expected Consultation on Children Missing Education Database. This seeks views on the “children missing education database proposal and regulations for local authorities and local health boards.” The closing date is 25 April. The documents available on the consultation home page are as… Read More »Consultation on Children Missing Education Database
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Attendance Guidance Agenda item 6 at the Senedd Plenary session on 24 October took the form of a parliamentary statement from Jeremy Miles, timed to coincide with the publication of new attendance guidance entitled ‘Belonging, Engaging and Participating.’ Miles’ opening… Read More »Senedd Plenary – 24 October 2023
