Two Written Questions about home education were submitted by Laura Anne Jones on 21 June. The questions and full text of Miles’ response are below, but the key points he made are: The Welsh government has made £1.7m of funding available to local authorities for administration costs and practical support… Read More »Written Questions – Answered on 28 June 2022
As stated in our post on 12 June, it has been our intention to publish the letter we sent to the Welsh Government on 10 June, in response to theirs of 23 May following up our meeting with them. We felt it right to allow them time to respond, as… Read More »No Reply from the Government
Agenda item 6 of Senedd Plenary session held on 5 July saw Education Minister Jeremy Miles delivering a statement on the roll-out of the new Curriculum for Wales: “The process of embedding our new curriculum and continuously improving it in schools and settings will truly begin in earnest from September.”… Read More »Minister’s Senedd statement on launch of new curriculum for Wales in September
“Non-judgemental engagement with families is providing better support for home educated children in Pembrokeshire as numbers continue to rise” ran the headlines in the Western Telegraph on 2 July, in a report of Pembrokeshire County Council’s Schools and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting on 30 June. [video] It seems… Read More »Western Telegraph – 2 July
Opposition leader Andrew Davies tabled a written question about home education on 29 June. He asked, “How many children have been taken out of mainstream schooling and into home education for the last five years?” The answer provided on 6 July by Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and the Welsh… Read More »Written Question – Answered on 6 July 2022
As stated in a recent news post, the Senedd Children, Young People & Education Committee is currently holding “a short focused enquiry on pupil attendance,”. Witness sessions are being incorporated into their regular meetings. Most of the inquiry’s Terms of Reference seek to understand more about persistent absence from school,… Read More »Education Minister speaks of ways of encouraging recently deregistered children back into school
The Senedd Children, Young People & Education Committee is currently holding “a short focused inquiry on pupil attendance.” Witness sessions are incorporated into their regular meetings. The majority of the inquiry’s Terms of Reference seek to understand more about persistent absence, along with strategies for encouraging pupils back into regular… Read More »Children, Young People & Education Committee – 23 June 2022
Further myths regarding home education have been perpetuated in Senedd, with the new Children’s Commissioner expressing “concern” regarding the lack of regulation and oversight of home education, whilst paradoxically highlighting a State school system where around a third of children are considered to “fail”, and emphasising that approaches in education… Read More »Children, Young People and Education Committee – 16 June 2022
Representatives of Families First in Education – Wales met virtually with government aides in early May, and whilst Welsh Government plans continue to lack detail, it is clear that they are proceeding with the proposals from the previous consultations. This has been stated most plainly in the Minister’s recent letter… Read More »Meeting with Welsh Government – May 2022
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
