Regulating Home Education & Supporting Home Educators: Implementing the New System

This conference was highlighted by Richard House. We hope this is a full and open debate and not a fait accompli.

Policy and Practice Westminster Briefing, to be hosted by the House Magazine in Westminster.
Title:       Regulating Home Education & Supporting Home Educators: Implementing the New System
Date:      25th February 2010
Time:     10.30am-3.15pm
Venue:   Westminster
Cost:      £175 – £225 per place
For full details please visit the Westminster Briefing Website.
Confirmed Speaker Include

Graham Badman CBE, Author, The Badman Review of Home Education
Penny Jones, Deputy Director Independent Education & School Governance, DCSF
Douglas Carswell MP, Member, Education Select Committee
Dr Paula Rothermel, Academic and Independent Home Education Expert
Ellie Evans, Manager, Children Missing Education & Elective Home Education, West Sussex CC
Carole Rutherford, Co-founder, Autism in Mind

The Context and Issues
Following the Badman review of home education the Government announced a range of support measures for children educated at home as well as proposals, contained within the Children, Schools and Families Bill, to introduce a national registration scheme. This Westminster Briefing will give delegates the opportunity to consider the key issues facing policy makers, local authority staff and home educators as they try to reach consensus on a better way forward for children who are educated at home. For further details including the key issues to be discussed please View Full Agenda.

Objectives and Outcomes
The morning policy session will allow participants to engage with the panel, developing an understanding of the proposed changes to the regulation of home education and the thinking behind the new system of registration. The afternoon policy into practice session will be highly interactive with case study examples and group discussions focusing on the practical implications of the new registration system and the practical challenges faced by local authorities, schools and home educators.

Who should Attend?
Delegates will be drawn from across the children and education sector, including local authorities, home educators & parents groups, central government departments & bodies, schools and colleges, unions, academia and the private, voluntary & community sectors.

 Further Information and Registration Link http://www.westminster-briefing.com/?p=9079

Guy Evans-Tipping
Managing Director, Westminster Briefing
Email: Guy.Evans-Tipping@westminster-briefing.com
Phone: 020 7096 2918