Dr Liz Davies: Khyra case and a failure of government policy
Dr Liz Davies is an Emeritus Professor of Social Work as well as being the social worker who blew the whistle on the Islington care...
Category : Home Education
Lola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustrator
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15-year-old Lola, is High Functioning Aspergers with Severe Dyscalculia. She left school this year. Is home education your choice or did your parents make that...
Professor Liz Davies: How the system fails to protect children
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Emeritus Professor in Social Work Liz Davies in 2008 on how the government’s policy of widening the net to ‘safeguard’ all children has damaged child...
Harm to confidentiality in a preventive child welfare system (Munro)
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Professor Eileen Munro writes in 2007 about how the emerging child safeguarding policies promoting preventive and early intervention services posed a challenge to professional ethics,...
Ann: self-directed education and a successful career in radio
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Ann, 35, runs her own company supporting radio stations learn new production and technology skills, which takes her all over the world. Before this she...
Xavier: passion for gaming and music led to successful career in competitive gaming
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Xavier was home educated from 11-16. He loved video games, computing and music, and as a self-directed learner was supported to spend lots of time...
Teens – make yourselves an amazing education
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Get a team of mentors, build your peer support, get work experience or perhaps start a small business Blake Boles has loads of advice and...
Professor Liz Davies: register of children not identified at risk is wrong
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Emeritus Professor in Social Work, Liz Davies, wrote in The Guardian newspaper about why keeping a register of children who frequently visit hospital is an...
A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
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Home educated writer and editor Rowan Fortune writes on why home education is a necessary lifeline and why it should be defended now. His piece...
Fake news about police visiting hundreds of home educators (HE Byte)
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HE Byte published information including the details of a Freedom of Information request about the claims by The Times that hundreds of home educators had...