In October last year we reported on a question by Sam Rowlands MS asking the Minister how he would “support parents in being able to choose the right setting for their children to learn most effectively.” Rowlands said his interest in this matter arose from being himself “home educated up… Read More »Minister hopes to implement EHE proposals in April 2023
On Tuesday 3 May, Education Minister Jeremy Miles MS, made a statement to the Senedd on school attendance. The transcript and video are available on the Senedd’s website. Most of what he said concerned the efforts being made by his Department to address “the increase in learner absence” as a… Read More »Statements by Minister Jeremy Miles – 3 & 4 May 2022
During a plenary session on 30 March, Laura Anne Jones MS, a regional member for South Wales East and Shadow Minister for Education, made a remarkable connection between peer-on-peer sexual abuse in schools and home educated children. It has to be asked if politicians will ever refrain from projecting the problems… Read More »Senedd Plenary – 30 March 2022
We have now been given three possible dates for our meeting with a staff member from the Education Department which we announced earlier this month. All three are in May, which means we can provide more time for home educating adults and children to send us their comments to pass… Read More »More time to provide your comments for the Welsh Government
On 19 January, we wrote to Education Minister, Jeremy Miles MS. On 28 January we received a reply from a member of his staff. Their reply [PDF] reads: Dear Families First in Education – Wales, Thank you for your letter of 19 January to the Minister for Education and the… Read More »What would you like to say to the Welsh Government about their plans for home education?
In December 2021, FOIRs were submitted to the English Department of Education and their counterparts in the devolved nations, asking in each case for details of any contact they had had with one another. Responses received so far reveal that ongoing conversations on significant issues have indeed been taking place… Read More »Freedom of Information Requests relevant to Home Education in Wales
Families First in Education – Wales is first and foremost concerned that primacy of all parents in the education of their children continues to be upheld. That is the reason why we wrote to the Education Minister, Jeremy Miles MS, in October with a submission to rebut Sally Holland’s use… Read More »The Welsh Government’s response to the Children’s Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21
