Schoolhouse is in the process of updating its local authority links and has contacted all 32 Scottish Local Authorities seeking updated information on their home education policies, information for parents and contact details for staff members with responsibility for home education.  We have sought the following information : Link url to the council’s elective home education policy Link url to the council’s information for parents re elective home education Details of the council’s named home education contact with telephone number and email address Since parents often report difficulty in locating the relevant information on some council websites, we decided to place all the details on our own website for ease of…

Is your Local Authority providing accurate information about elective home education? Schoolhouse is working on its Local Authority contacts list in which it aims to include pages with links to each of the 32 authority websites, their information for parents on home education and their named contacts as required by the Scottish Government guidance. Some authorities rightly point parents to the statutory guidance and their local policies and procedures are in accordance with it. In some cases, there is little or no information about home education on the council’s website, and in others, there is worryingly inaccurate and misleading information. Astonishingly, a few councils appear still to be using proformas developed by Strathclyde Regional Council which ceased…