School and the mental health crisis of children and young people
Children and young people in this country are experiencing incredibly high levels of stress, anxiety and unhappiness at increasingly younger ages. We don’t yet know...
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Head issues a warning to those who refuse to acknowledge the crisis in education: judgement day is coming…(TES)
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Experienced headteacher Brian Walton says he is afraid and the system is in crisis. “You see, it’s not workload that keeps me awake. It’s fear....
The Guardian: the crisis for children with special needs
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‘People give up’: the crisis in school support for children with special needs The government’s own figures show big rises in the numbers of education,...
Database State: over a quarter govt databases illegal and disproportionate
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Database State, research by Anderson et al commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd, examines all of the public-sector databases and finds that a...
Leading head “I understand why home educators feel threatened”
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Dr Bernard Trafford, head of Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School, a former chairman of Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) [link to https://www.hmc.org.uk/ ] and...
Academics say: Monitoring would make self-directed education impossible
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Self-directed home education does not need to look like school and attempts to make it the same would make it impossible The last time the...
Why Do Teachers Home Educate Their Own Children?
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An article from Australian Unschooling blog Happiness is Here on the reasons that large numbers of teachers opt to home educate their own children ‘at...
How home educators move towards informal learning
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Dr Alan Thomas, a leading UK academic on alternative and self-directed learning methods, explores how this transition happens, and what we can learn from this...
Leading head speaks out against monitoring home ed for child protection
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Dr Bernard Trafford, head of Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School, a former chairman of Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) and a former home educator...
The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)
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The Phoenix Education Trust is a charity and a leading voice in the promotion of democratic education in UK Schools and Colleges. The UN Convention...