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Why the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Is Unnecessary — and Dangerous for Families of SEN Children

Mike Charles speaking on the Children's WellBeing and Schools Bill with Education Otherwise

By Mike Charles, Solicitor and Education Law Advocate   For families of children with special educational needs (SEN), education is rarely simple. Many children are placed in inappropriate schools, denied therapy or support, or forced to mask distress until they break. Parents fight tirelessly for the right provision, often navigating a hostile system with little […]

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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: The Facts

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A lot of parents are confused by what the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (CWSB) will mean to them. This is hardly surprising given the mix of fear, misinformation and misunderstanding that proliferates when such bills are going through Parliament. This situation is not helped by some local authorities mistakenly trying to put the Bill […]

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A Different Path to Creative Degrees: Welcoming Students from Unique Educational Backgrounds

Illustration @Matt Jessop Education otherwise Falmouth University

Author bio: Falmouth University: a UK university with over a century of creative excellence. We’ve proudly delivered accessible online degrees alongside our on campus provision since 2016. For families who are home educating or using online schools, conversations about applying to university often come with extra questions and concerns. Will universities recognise my child’s unique […]

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5 Ways to Bring Playful Learning into Your Home

Generation Alpha young people are growing up in a rapidly changing world. Most young people will end up doing jobs that don’t yet exist. So, it’s increasingly important that they develop the creativity and life skills they need for the future. There is growing evidence to suggest that learning through play can build essential 21st […]

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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson announced that the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was a “landmark” children’s bill” which will seek to keep children safe”, conflating home education with safeguarding risk despite here being no evidence that home education represents a risk to children. That this was pushed out with unseemly haste in order to exploit […]

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Home education and Special Educational Needs Children

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  Home educating families and local authorities alike often find it confusing to navigate their responsibilities for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), but it is actually far simpler than it might appear on the surface. Education Otherwise hears many myths about home educating SEN children and the following looks at the most common ones […]

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Calling The Home Education Community, Take part in the Youth Creative Futures Project and make a difference!

Curriculum is Life is a small charity co-creating life skills resources in the global creative commons together with young people. We are inviting anyone under 25 years old to take part in a creative arts project that… Gives young people a platform to express their hopes, dreams, and challenges through the creative arts Showcases the […]

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How to help your home educated child with iGCSE

How to help your home educated child with iGCSE/GCSE science if you’re not a scientist Parents often choose home education (sometimes known as home schooling) because they want to support their child’s individual needs. You know them best after all, but how about when their needs change? Perhaps you’re not so familiar with some of […]

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Careers Education for Home-Educated Students with SEND

Careers Education for Home-Educated Students with SEND The author of this article, Eloise Barnett, is a teacher and parent of an autistic/ADHD teenager who has been unable to attend school for three years, she is also the Director for SEND at ‘Spark Careers’. Parents and carers who have ‘chosen’ to educate their children at home, […]

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