Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

[HomeEdMum84]

I'm wondering how many of us are aware of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the catastrophic impact it will have on all children and families, but especially those who are home educated and/or have SEND (including trauma or mental health difficulties)?

This Bill will erode parental rights, force compliance with threats of penalties and persecution, and give unprecedented power to local authorities.

The potential for maliciousness and misuse is terrifying and there is no regard for the impact this potential abuse of power will have on children and families, it's all about State control.

There's still a chance to do something about it if everyone rallies together like contacting your MP and members of the House of Lords to express your concerns, trying to generate local media interest, there's quite a few petitions and open letters to sign, a protest 'March for Children' this weekend (18th) in London, sharing social media posts from various sources but especially people like the solicitor Michael Charles on FB, charities and organisations to contact for help or even just letting people you know know what the Bill entails so everyone is aware 🙏

Why is it catastrophic?

I was also weary of LAs misusing their power, and so was really scared when our school contacted our LA to come and inspect us when we wanted to withdraw our children. But I was extremely impressed by our LA's SEND Home education inspector. She inspected what education and other care they received, from us and NHS etc, and helped us so much in the process of accessing help for my children that we never received from our previous Senco.