Press Release; For immediate release, 2 August 2009
Scots charity enquiries "skyrocket" as English home educators head for the highlands!
Scotland’s national home education support organisation Schoolhouse [1] has reported a dramatic increase in enquiries from English home educating families who are preparing to move north of the border following publication of a DCSF-commissioned [...]
An alternative school in southern Scotland which was closed more than a decade ago after being criticised by education inspectors is set to reopen.
Kilquhanity House near Castle Douglas has been given the go-ahead to become a day school for 15 pupils.
Former pupil Andrew Pyle is to be the school’s new head teacher.
He said the children [...]
A lost generation of pupils aged eight to 14 is being failed by Scotland’s education system, with concerns over literacy and numeracy and poor performance in subjects such as maths, languages and science, according to a landmark report.
The three-year analysis by HM Inspectorate of Education found overall performance of Scottish schools was good and [...]
A RISE of 67 per cent in the number of children being educated at home since 2001 may just be the tip of the iceberg, it has been claimed.
New Scottish Government figures have revealed that 756 children were registered as being taught at home in 2007-8 for reasons other than health problems. This was an [...]
‘Forced schooling’ does more harm than good, a former teacher of the year claims. Henry Hepburn reports
Schools peddle an elaborate form of social control which “stupefies” children, according to a man once named one of the United States’s best teachers. He described teachers as “stooges” for a social elite which infantilised children to maintain its [...]
MEMBERS of Arbroath Abbey Timethemes had a busy three days at the weekend during which the group was in action at Arbroath Abbey and at the famous crowning place of the Scottish Kings, Scone Palace in Perthshire.
Director Dr Richard Irvine explained: "On Friday afternoon we had the pleasure of providing a guard of honour for [...]
BECOMING a home educator was a steep learning curve for me. Having suffered agonies with my daughter due to school-related problems and the system’s failure to accommodate her needs, I had no choice but to take back personal responsibility for her education.
It was not easy, having been badly misinformed by the council before finding reliable [...]
A celebration of choice, diversity and freedom in education
This weekend long event is hosted by Scotland’s national home education support organisation, Schoolhouse, and part funded by Awards for All, to mark International Freedom in Education Day 2008.
A one day formal conference on Friday 12th will focus on the broad theme of freeing education [...]
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On behalf of the Schoolhouse Management Committee, I am delighted to confirm that we are going ahead with our planned conference to celebrate International Freedom in Education Day. The event will take place in Arbroath, Angus, over the weekend of 12th/13th/14th September 2008.
We are all especially delighted to announce that John Taylor Gatto has agreed [...]
