tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post2098266255597314101..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: More on the 20 day delay in de-registrationCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-25846605661978555282011-04-25T09:36:06.746+01:002011-04-25T09:36:06.746+01:00'Supporting guidance'? As Bender says, you...'Supporting guidance'? As Bender says, you can kiss my shiny metal ass!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-6957629310609165192011-04-25T09:34:10.254+01:002011-04-25T09:34:10.254+01:00So, how EXACTLY will an LA 'deal' with par...So, how EXACTLY will an LA 'deal' with parents who they judge aren't legitimately intending to HE?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-45816354768979343992011-04-21T18:15:39.054+01:002011-04-21T18:15:39.054+01:00Thank you for your letter of 30 March addressed to...Thank you for your letter of 30 March addressed to the Secretary of<br />State, on behalf of a number of your constituents, about the proposed changes to the Pupil Registration Regulations regarding parents choosing to remove their children from school to home educate. I am replying as the Minister of State for Schools.<br /><br />I would like to reassure you that it is absolutely not our intention that this change should affect the rights of parents to home educate their children with immediate effect if they wish to do so. Similarly,it is not our intention that this change should be used to put pressure on parents to return their child to school. We will make this clear in supporting guidance to schools and local authorities.<br /><br />Our aim is to give parents and schools a short period of time to resolve any issues that may have led to the parent withdrawing their child from school, in particular where a parent may have been unfairly coerced into home educating against their will. Currently, a parent who has withdrawn their child from school has to re-apply for a school place, and there is no guarantee that one would be available at the school which the child had previously attended. The proposed change will secure the child's place for twenty days before it is made available for another child.<br /><br />I understand your constituents' concern that the proposed change may be open to abuse from parents who may try to use it as a way of taking their children on holiday during term time. I am confident however that schools and local authorities will be able to recognise whether a parent's wish to withdraw their child from school is genuine or not and deal with the situation accordingly.<br /><br />We believe that this and the other proposed changes to the Pupil Registration Regulations will benefit parents and schools, which is why we want the changes to come into effect for the start of the new school year in September 2011. It is for this reason that the consultation on the changes was targeted at key representative bodies, and unfortunately it was not possible to include individual schools, local authorities or home educators in the time available.<br /><br />I hope this reply goes some way to addressing the concerns of your constituents.<br /><br />With best wishes<br />Nick Gibb MPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-27616901008194218092011-04-21T10:37:36.511+01:002011-04-21T10:37:36.511+01:00Dear Damian
Thank you for your email and the let...Dear Damian<br /> <br />Thank you for your email and the letter from the education department.<br /> <br />We have a few points to make and I do hope you will think about what we say to you.<br /> <br />1. Why the rush to bring this change in by September using Statutory Instrument?<br />2.Where is the evidence that we need this change?<br />3.Home educators should be consulted over any change to the pupil registration act? We don't think it is good enough for the Department of Education to just ignore home educators? After all home educators are a major stakeholder in this?<br />4.What is to stop the period of time being extended by Statutory Instrument?<br />5.what about parents who will use 20 day rule to pretend to home educate then send child back to school and then take anther 20 days off? Word will get around that you can get around the attendance laws for 20 days and still keep the school place open?<br />6.it is quite rare for parents to just start home educating on a whim often the problems with the school/LA have been going on for months if not years so we really can not see how this will help?<br />We really feel we should have answers to these questions from the department of education? <br /> <br />It does not affect us but we real concern over this for other parents who may want to home educate and belive LA's /school will see this as a parent having to seek permission to home educate.it is hard enough to start home education with out the worry of your child still being on the role of the school register where problems may have occurred for your child.<br /> <br />We need to know your position as our M.P? Don't you find it worrying that Statutory Instrument is being used in this way? What next for home educators?Peter and Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834275662603833577noreply@blogger.com