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Keeping you up to date on the progress of the Named Person scheme and the NO2NP campaign.
Keeping up appearances of ‘getting it right’
Posted 1 year agoBy Alison Preuss of Home Education Forums Back in September 2016, Deputy First Minister John Swinney reassured Parliament that Named…
Continue ReadingSCOTTISH GOVERNMENT’S VEIL OF SECRECY IN SHAM NAMED PERSON ‘CONSULTATION’
Posted 1 year agoThe Scottish Government has thrown a veil of secrecy around stalled efforts to salvage its Named Person scheme after judges…
Continue ReadingThe strange case of Jekyll, Hyde and the Scottish Government
Posted 1 year agoWhen the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Named Person scheme back in July the Scottish Government did…
Continue ReadingBook now: Special one-off NO2NP national gathering in March
Posted 1 year agoNO2NP will be holding a one-off special event, Named Persons: Doomed… or just delayed? in Edinburgh on Monday 20 March,…
Continue ReadingMaggie Mellon debates NSPCC’s Matt Forde in SASO Named Persons event
Posted 1 year agoIt was another packed house for the latest Named Person debate, this time from St George’s Tron, Buchanan Street, Glasgow…
Continue ReadingNO2NP ACTION DAY: SCOTTISH CABINET AT PITLOCHRY
Posted 1 year agoOn Monday this week, around 200 local residents from across Perth and Kinross attended a public meeting hosted by the…
Continue ReadingDUNDEE UNI HEARS OF ‘ILLEGITIMATE AND ILLIBERAL’ NAMED PERSON SCHEME
Posted 1 year agoThere was a packed audience in the University of Dundee’s Dalhousie Building on Monday night, when around 130 students, academics…
Continue Reading“Doesn’t privacy mean anything to these people?”
Posted 1 year agoMum exasperated by unlawful info sharing and ‘Named Person knows best’ attitude A mum of a child with cerebral palsy…
Continue ReadingHas your council run a Named Person scheme?
Posted 1 year agoCouncil Status of Named Persons Aberdeen City Council The Named Person scheme was implemented within Aberdeen City in 2012. The…
Continue ReadingNO2NP ACTION DAY ROUNDUP: EDUCATION GOVERNANCE ROADSHOW
Posted 1 year agoWhen Deputy First Minister John Swinney recently told concerned parents he would not be holding public meetings to listen to…
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