Education Otherwise

Kitto was familiar with ideas about unschooled education through reading John Holt and Joy Baker's Children in Chancery (Hutchinson, 1964. now out of print), together with his experiences at the Northcliffe School project.

[6] On February 3rd 1977, Granada Television broadcast a programme called "Opting Out" in their lunchtime series Parents Day which featured three Education Otherwise families.

"[9] The original logo (based on a UK traffic sign) was intended to represent a child breaking out of the confines of school, and pointing toward a different way.

In recent years the logo has been the subject of criticism, as it is viewed as divisive and the meaning misconstrued as a child "goose stepping".

The Welsh Office response was a confirmation that the Charter for Parents in Wales had been revised and would reflect the fact that not all children were educated in schools.

The solicitor notified the DfE that he had been instructed to prepare an application for leave to apply for judicial review of the decision as stated in Forth's letter.

The solicitor responded seeking confirmation, by 31 August 1994, that a future edition would include reference to the fact that children do not have to go to school.