Education Select Committee’s Chairman’s statement on Home Education Report

Here is the press release which Graham Stuart MP has just published on the OFSTED report on Home Education:- “  Ofsted Home Education Report Seriously Flawed Says Graham Stuart MP “Graham Stuart MP, who last week was elected to take the Chair of the Commons Education Select Committee, today condemned Ofsted’s report on home education, [...]

Home education report out today

Graham Stuart MP draws to our attention that the Ofsted report on Home Education is out today.   Quote from Chief Inspector: “The report also found that current legislation around elective home education means it is extremely challenging for local authorities to meet their statutory duty to ensure children have a suitable education.”

Harlow leading the way with Engineering Apprenticeships

Our friend, Robert Halfon, the newly-elected Member of Parliament for Harlow, has drawn our attention to an article in today’s Guardian about Essex County Council’s Engineering Apprenticeship Scheme, where Harlow College is one of the providing institutions, along with Colchester Institute and the Basildon campus of the South Essex College.   Here is the link to [...]