HomeSchooler.org.uk

"Quick summary
The review recommendations are completely over the top. A steamroller to crack a nut. And there’s no evidence that the nut even exists. This is not a safety net (waiting to catch us if we fall) it’s more like a butterfly net (trapping us and controlling our movements).
This is not about parents’ rights vs children’s rights, it is about the government not trusting parents to meet our responsibilities. Educating our children is a duty, not a right, of parents. It is not the business of the state to tell us how to do it.
Making a minority choice is not a crime. This is like saying all vegetarians have to register and have their dietary plans approved, or all Muslims should have their houses searched in case they are planning a terrorist attack.
The proposals would give a green light to local authority officers to exercise their prejudices. Annual registration means that parents would have to apply each year for permission to educate their own children. The grounds on which permission could be refused are extremely broad, and depend purely on the assessment of local authority officers, who may not even have worked with the family as a whole."...more...