Month: February 2019

The prejudicial title and trailer of Channel 4’s Dispatches show “Skipping School: Britain’s Invisible Kids” on Monday 4 February 2019 had many fearing that this would be a narrow, biased, badly researched piece which would fail to deal with the real issues within the education system. Sadly, this was indeed the case. One has to … Read more

After several quiet months, waiting for updates on the EHE Guidance, and Lord Soley’s Bill losing some traction (thanks to Brexit!), the report by Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfield, released today, newspaper articles last week, and the prospect of Channel 4’s Dispatches program to be screened tonight, will no doubt stir up a fresh storm around home … Read more