mumsnetter on Scottish news today talking about home ed

[Jennylee]

Yes it is me, unfortunately they also used a tragic case of a girl - Dannielle Reid who was not home educated at all ever to try and show that not monitoring home edders could be dangerous AAARGH!

Well it isn't and that case was a case of parents pretending to the child's school that they had moved to cover up the fact they had killed her.

anyhoo the main thing was supposed to be on our call for the granting of 'consent to withdraw' by LEA's to made simpler and quicker, with no 'cooling off period'

thats it

No testing no nothing like that - our children are not in school so do not do school tests and as we do not have to follow any set curriculum, these tests would be pointless.

Schoolhouse is the organisation for Scottish home education information, England has different laws and they have an easier procedure to withdraw children from school they just inform that is what they are doing ,here we have to be given permission to withdraw, and it can witheld if there are any child protection issues.

Of course I'm sure the vast majority of home ed kids are better looked after than the average, but how does the accountability work - are you Ofsted inspected?

thats is what Elastic woman said to which I replied 'no, lol are you?'(ofsted inspected in your home)

there is no need for inspection as we have to submit evidence of our provision annually as it is. do you get it, we have to show once a year that we are doing something to educate our children. And as for the home edders that are not known to LEA's why should we assume the worst?

Why invite hassle by becoming known to the LEA's when it is not a legal requirement?

(unless you child attended school and then you withdrew them , with permission which makes it their( the LEA) legal obligation to make sure an efficient education is being provided)?

anyway enough from me I'm rambling
there is a good article in the Scotland on sunday today on home ed

Juuule, when I said "even childminders" it was not meant to be derogatory. I meant that all other education provision that I can think of, including the education which is part of the care given by childminders, is accountable in some way.

Jennylee - thanks for your answer about the annual provision of evidence, which is what I wanted to know.

I just realised the tone of my replies is a little hysterical Got a bit carried away I think. At least you were curious enough to ask. glad I answered what you wanted to know

That's ok Jennylee. Sorry to be so inflamatory, every one; I respect what you do and can't imagine doing it myself. EG ds won't let me teach him the recorder on his own, but he co-operates when I go into school and teach it to his whole class!