Category: Opinion

  • Educational Freedom Report

    Educational Freedom Report

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    Ian Hopkinson
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    It may surprise people to learn that even if you use a Department for Education (DfE) accredited online school you are usually considered to be in “elective home education”. Department for Education statistics indicate there were 111,700 children in elective home education by Autumn 2025 and that the number has grown substantially in the past…

  • Opinion: Head of Ofsted Interview

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    Ian Hopkinson
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    Sir Martyn Oliver, head of Ofsted is interviewed in The Sunday Times today in an article entitled “WFH parents ‘make children think school is optional’”. To use the modern parlance this could well be described as “ragebait” for the Voice For Learners parents. His core thesis is that the rise of work from home has…