The REVIEW DOC is here and shows a shocking disregard for the genuine welfare of children. It does however, seem to want to move us more inline with the (anti-family, anti home ed) European Union.

Badman likes to point out that the European Convention on Human Rights (a document I personally have had very grave doubts about from the beginning)  that “case law on the ECHR challenges any claim that home education is a fundamental right”.

Carlotta has the review recommendations which includes ANNUAL REGISTRATION and ENFORCED visits to see the children and the demand to see children alone without the parent! as well as the view that schools should be part of the process of ensuring home educated children receive a structured education. Do they mean the very schools that haven’t provided the education in the first place?

Gill has picked up on the attack on autonomous educators.

The CONSULTATION documents are up and the closing date is OCTOBER 19th Frankly it is plain that this Government are very keen to make sure families loose their basic rights. If you don’t want strangers forcing themselves into your home and interviewing your children with goodness knows what methods then get with the fight. This is not just to show Labour bullies like Ed Balls where we stand, but the Conservatives too. They are most likely to be in power in a year or so and we need them to put a stop to this. They wont if there isn’t a reason to.

I will read the whole thing and blog again.

NOTE: Lots of ways to attack us and monitor us-but NOTHING that offer genuine support I notice.

UPDATE

I have just ploughed through the whole awful document. It is almost beyond belief.

Then at the conclusion

11.1 

International comparison suggests that of all countries with highly developed education

systems, England is the most liberal in its approach to elective home education. Legislation

from the 1930s banning elective home education still persists in Germany and most European

countries require registration, whereas New Zealand demands that the “

at least as regularly and as well as in registered school

have processes for registration and the systematic monitoring of elective home education and

require evidence of progress….

I have bolded the words that jumped out at me. I was just blown away by the sheer NERVE. That is HITLER’S anti-home eduction law. You know, the one that ensured all children recieved the National Socialist propaganda and were forcably enlisted in Hitler’s Youth. That law!