Franw197-which LA do you come under?
This is NOT acceptable behaviour from the LA-and a very good example of why so many of us suggest you be very wary of any contact from the LA!
Personally I would not be sending my son back to school on Monday-you have taken back personal responsibility for your son's education.
I definitely would not be having a home visit from a LA which behaves like this.
I'd write and complain saying:
After deregistering my son from school as per my legal right on....I received an unwanted visit from an EWO [name the person here if poss!] who put undue pressure on me to return my son to school.
I am fully aware of my responsibilities under Section 7 of the 1996 Education Act which states;
"The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to
receive efficient full-time education suitable ;
a) to his age, ability, and aptitude, and
b) to any special educational needs he may have,
either by regular attendance at school or otherwise."
I was fully prepared to have a home visit with the Elective Home Education Team, but I am no longer prepared to do so, after witnessing the Ultra Vires actions of this Local Authority.
Instead I will be taking time to settle into my home based education, as allowed in law, where the courts have accepted that there is the allowance of a period of peroration is necessary when they quite sensibly took this into account in the Perry Case in which Lord Slade said:
"Prima facie this opportunity will appropriately be given (as was done in the present case) if the Authority, having first allowed the parents a sufficient time to set in motion their arrangements for home education,"
(R v Gwent County Council Court of Appeal (Civil Division) 10 July 1985 JUDGEMENT BY-1: SLADE LJ
I will get back to you by the beginning of the summer term and give you more information about the home education we are providing.
Please keep all further correspondence in writing and do not send any Local Authority Officers to my home again.
Yours sincerely
'Ultra Vires' means beyond the law-and this is very much that!
Write this letter and give your self some breathing space to decide how your home based education is proceeding-by the beginning of the summer term you can decide how you want to provide them with the information they entitled to ask for.
Some families do have home visits, some have visits somewhere neutral like the library.
others do not meet with the LA at all-we sent in a written report instead, and that kept the LA at bay, in 10 years our children never met them (they didn't want to) and never shared any of their work.
The choice of how to provide this information is entirely yours!
I would be very very wary of this LA, that allows their EWOs to behave like this!