Consultations
The policy work in Education Otherwise is carried out by EO's Government Policy Group and Disability Group who respond to consultations and meet with Government and other agencies. You can find out more about the work of Education Otherwise Small Groups here.
Education Otherwise also has an active campaigning group within the Government Policy Group. Latest news from the EO Campaign website can be found here.
In 2007 Education Otherwise responded to the Government Consultation on Home Education Guidelines. Click here for an overview of the EO response.
"Education Otherwise recommends that the Department consider a number of innovative pilot projects aimed at promoting positive working partnerships across a range of urban, suburban, rural and metropolitan borough areas. The authority's role in these pilot schemes will evolve from a one-to-one inspection and monitoring role, which is neither cost-effective nor equitable, and move towards an advisory, information, and resource-based support role.
Introduction of new guidelines will go some way to addressing the current situation. However, lack of funding to local authorities continues to be a major impediment to the proper implementation of the law.
Any move to make a child's education the responsibility of parties other than the parent's strikes at the very heart of the legislative framework for education in England and would expose those other parties to formal legal responsibility enforceable and actionable in the courts." Education Otherwise June 2007
Members of the Government Policy Group also attend meetings and events with officials on a regular basis and are also invited to speak at conferences. Examples can be found here.
Consultation responses and other policy work is divided, by date, on the following pages:
