tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post5255645472652639857..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: A Warning ShotCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-37636617664231891172014-11-27T20:29:26.647+00:002014-11-27T20:29:26.647+00:00Thanks for the update. Money flows in strange ways...Thanks for the update. Money flows in strange ways, just because cash flow is constricting in parts of the NHS, doesn't mean that departments of child inspection might not be able to lay claim to huge wedges of cash for 'saving children at risk'.But I get the feeling there are even more of us home edders now so I guess Badman's successor will have an even rougher ride.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559166110640484671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-30951263018909617962014-11-21T10:30:51.896+00:002014-11-21T10:30:51.896+00:00OK...so one of the "representative bodies&quo...OK...so one of the "representative bodies"" to whom the DfE has been speaking turns out to be the Association for Directors of Children's Services.<br /><br />They had this to say: <br /><br />"A representative from the DfE joined the committee to discuss elective home education (EHE). Although the department does not have any immediate plans to review this policy, a series of conversations with stakeholders have now begun in order to assess whether it is still relevant given the government’s guidance has remained unchanged since 2007. Members talked about the difficulty they have in knowing home education pupils exist at all without a statutory registration process and the limited safeguarding powers they and their staff have to protect home educated pupils from harm. Several members expressed serious concern that the parental voice appears to be prioritised over that of the child or young person being educated in the home which directly contradicts the child-centred approach used in schools. Checks and balances around the suitability of the setting, the quality of teaching and the content of curriculum provided in the home setting was also raised with some members suggesting that EHE seems to be a grey area for Ofsted."<br /><br />OK, so most of these issues are addressed in the above post...see bit on safeguarding. In the very few Serious Review Cases that have involved EHE children, all but one were already known to services. In quite a few of these cases, EHE was not a factor in the SCR, and indeed in some of them it was the medical services that were actually implicated. <br /><br />With the one family the services didn't know about, a registration scheme would not help as they would stay below the radar. They have too much to lose already to come forward at that point.<br /><br />But as to the argument from the ADCS about child centred approach!! OH my god, the lack of relation to reality is so dramatic...no wonder HEors don't trust these sorts of people. Ask how many HE children want to go back into school and you will find VIRTUALLY NONE. It takes bundles of effort and energy to educate a child oneself, and if a child wants to go to school, almost every HEing parent will oblige.<br /><br />Ask how many school children want to be there...go on, give them a genuine option to be properly educated out of school. Given that huge numbers of them are made utterly miserable by school, my guess is the schooling system would be in tatters if a genuinely child centred approach were implemented in regard to the question of where they want to be educated. <br /><br />According to this chart, only 30% are completely happy with school...approx 20% are very unhappy...Yes, start with that lot...and imagine 20% of children walking straight out the school gates as I am sure they would if anybody actually did really bother with a child centred approach.<br /><br />Honestly the cant is infuriating. <br /><br />http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/wellbeing/measuring-national-well-being/children-s-well-being/art-children-s-well-being.html#tab-Children’s-levels-of-happiness<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-56607633066570832472014-11-20T21:45:28.567+00:002014-11-20T21:45:28.567+00:00From Logical Incrementalism:
http://logicalincreme...From Logical Incrementalism:<br />http://logicalincrementalism.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/nspcc-briefing-on-home-education-the-law/<br /><br />In March this year the NSPCC published a briefing entitled Home education: learning from case reviews. It’s based on seven Serious Case Reviews (SCRs) published since 2008 ‘where elective home education was highlighted as a key factor’ and ‘consists of learning about child protection pulled from the published versions of the reports’.<br /><br />I got the impression from the briefing that the seven cases involved tragic situations in which parents had neglected or abused children and that home education had played a significant role in that neglect and abuse. The picture painted by the SCRs themselves is somewhat different. In only three cases was there unambiguous evidence that parents and carers were directly responsible for the harm the child suffered. In only one case were local authorities unaware of the challenges faced by the families or of the risk to children. There were several examples of healthcare actually contributing to the harm. And the claims and recommendations highlighted in the briefing don’t accurately reflect the evidence in the SCRs.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-80015257045477379692014-11-19T23:12:27.615+00:002014-11-19T23:12:27.615+00:00Hmmm...looks as if suspicions are correct: from t...Hmmm...looks as if suspicions are correct: from this document: <br />http://committees.westminster.gov.uk/documents/s8641/06_Item_7_Elective%20Home%20Edcuation.pdf<br /><br />2.15 Professional bodies nationally are currently discussing the DfE 2007 guidance in relation to EHE which many believe is in need of revision, as it can be interpreted as not always helpful in supporting Local Authorities to fulfil their statutory responsibilities. Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-85787710395446382762014-11-19T09:46:00.676+00:002014-11-19T09:46:00.676+00:00Well saidWell saidliveotherwisehttp://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-86672007811486465612014-11-19T04:57:17.531+00:002014-11-19T04:57:17.531+00:00Thanks for keeping everyone updated, as always!Thanks for keeping everyone updated, as always!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com