Education Otherwise

The home education charity: supporting home education now and for the future.

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

Education Otherwise presents the Kit Award. Has your LA officer or department gone above and beyond? Do they understand and respect home education as a different but equal choice? Nominations via single access link below: https://t.co/H6X67Otkvq

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

Education Otherwise presents the Kit Award.
Has your LA officer or department gone above and beyond? Do they understand and
respect home education as a different but equal choice?
Nominations via single access link below:
https://t.co/93poQgvQ8z

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

https://t.co/0vEChjjBFX

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

@SamRowlands_ @RSPBConwy Super event and lovely to see a politician who actually listens to the people he works for, understands that home education works well and wants to preserve the good relationships that Welsh home educators currently have with their local authorities.

[GingerSnapsHomeEdFacts @greenerfaery]

Morning everyone is you have a CiN, CP or EHCP did you know the government are consulting with stakeholders to remove your right to home educate without an LA granting permission? Consultation ends on the 29th! #fairhearing4homeed #schoolsbill #stoptheschoolsbill

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

@halfon4harlowMP Dear me, a 38% rise in home education during Covid? A rise throughout Covid did occur to January 2021 when there were 82169 home educated children, but numbers fell by October 2021 to 78184 as you know full well. Facts no rhetoric please.

[Home Education Matters podcast @HomeEd_Matters]

A child’s freedom to be home educated does not conflict with a government’s responsibility to safeguard children. We must not allow the conflation of these two things as if they are in some way linked. #wearenotinvisible #StopTheSchoolsBill

[CountingChildren? @CountChildrenUK]

Let's take a look at the dangerous power grab that is Part 3 Clause 48 of the #SchoolsBill https://t.co/RJTtmBpCfE And be very clear from the start: this is NOT a register of only children who are not on school rolls today. It is far bigger. #SafetyNotSurveillance (Thread 1/25)

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

Thank you @GreenJennyJones for your thoughtful and reasoned questions.

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

My Noble Friend @natalieben will cover all the other parts of the #SchoolsBill. It doesn't work. More bureaucracy and more spending. And not even good for schools, which shld build strong ties across all ages.

[CountingChildren? @CountChildrenUK]

Baroness Fox of Buckley also spoke of @EducationOther1 and concerns that the Bill would lead to an undermining of the legal rights of parents to educate their children in the way they choose.
#Clause48

[CountingChildren? @CountChildrenUK]

Baroness Fox of Buckley warned that this Bill does not prioritise freedom. She spoke of our @CountChildrenUK coalition and of the concerns about the data collection of "sensitive, personal confidential" information.
The focus on safeguarding of children not in school is misplaced

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

The Schools Bill : At no point has the DfE evidenced the need to register and monitor home educated children. Furthermore, around 75% of respondents to the consultation about these proposals made clear that they did not support registration of home educated children.

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

As well as in the whole, particular parts of the Schools Bill are hugely concerning to parents.

Please consider writing to your MP, if you have not already done so.

[Clare Stoney @StoneyClare]

@angloscotindy @EducationOther1 It's the blank cheque for any other data they fancy that worries me. @AlisonCSauer said that she had a case once of a LA asking how much a family's house was worth!

In addition, the penalities for making any mistake in the info are completely disproportionate!

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

@ppaders The best letter to write would be a personal one, explaining how this will affect you, plus the briefing paper https://t.co/7nZRF7Hp0U
But for more help, do PM.

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

The Schools Bill s3: A local authority in England must provide the Secretary of State with information of a prescribed description...relating to an individual child.
17th May 2022 ‘DfE apologises to academy finance staff over data blunder’.
Is home educated children's data safe?

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

@angloscotindy The full briefing document from Education Otherwise is available here:

https://t.co/7nZRF7Hp0U

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

Schools Bill section 3: Not based in evidence and tears parenting duties from parents.

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

Schools Bill s3: gives local authorities the right to ask for any information under threat of fines or imprisonment: the child’s name, date of birth and home address, the name and home address of each parent of the child, any other information that may be prescribed.

[Education Otherwise @EduOtherwise]

Schools Bill: a domestic abusers charter.

How can any register be safe when we know how frequently local authorities and the DfE release data?