The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: A Threat to Parental Rights #AreYouListeningNow
All posts by Joanna Merrett The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is not just about home education—it affects every family. […]
Creative fusion: where teaching art & craft and facilitating creativity meet
It’s a few weeks now since settling back into our autumnal school, work and education-related routines and, as ever, I’ve […]
Joanna Merrett has won The Hutton Prize for Excellence
Congratulations to Joanna Merrett, on winning this year’s Hutton Prize for Excellence, for her dissertation on Understanding Home Educator’s Experience of […]
From being terrified that my son would fail to him achieving a Mark of Distinction
I am a mother of four children, having had my first child at the age of 15 years old and […]
The Proposed Schools Bill – Punishing parents for the inability of schools to facilitate a suitable education for all children
By Joanna Merrett BA (hons), EYPS, MA, [PhD student and researcher at University of Exeter, Centre for Social Mobility], Joanna […]
Home is where the heart is
– and where family members’ needs determine the use of space Pretty spaces versus OE accommodated living This evening I’ve […]
Simone ‘Person to watch’
Breaking News Updated 4 December 2020 Read the interview with Simone in Variations2e Updated 3 September 2020 Simone de Hoogh […]
PowerWood YEAH! Shortlisted!!!
Update 11-02-2019 Kirsty and Abigail have represented all of us Active Contributors at PowerWood in such a lovely fashion at The Above and […]
“She was really wound up, deeply depressed, withdrawn, not talking to anyone”
‘Airy fairy’ When my daughter Lisa* started at a preschool group, the staff noticed that she was a bit ‘airy […]
“The violence towards me from my child was constant” single mum of child with PDA
I always knew that James* was different. People would say ‘He is a boy’, ‘You are on your own’, ‘It’s […]