11th July
In Wales, the Child Practice Review into the death of Dylan Seabridge was finally published in early July. Media reports focused on the fact that Dylan was home educated but the Review also pointed out that the family wasn’t hidden, and that information wasn’t evaluated properly and wasn’t shared with relevant professionals. Significantly, the Minister went on record as saying that ‘the home education element is just one part of this particular case’. There has been nothing further about the introduction of new Elective Home Education Guidance for Wales which was initially proposed two years ago. In my view the Welsh Government is stuck as it is aware that nobody was happy with the new proposals, since they went too far for home educators but stopped short of making registration or monitoring compulsory which is what safeguarding campaigners want.
Read more here https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/dylan-seabridge-child-practice-review-july-2016/