MiaKayRuby

Full-time mum and Elective Home Educator.

[Educational Freedom @edfreeuk]

Are you considering home education for the new school year? Remember school is not compulsory. Home education isn’t school at home, it can be anything you want and the child needs it to be. #homeeduk #learnathome

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

It both infuriates and terrifies me in equal measure

#FairHearing4HomeEd
#HomeEducation

[The HE Byte @the_he_byte]

“It's parents who hold the duty to assure the education of their child. We have the freedom to disagree with what the state teaches. The prospect of Government directing a family activity naturally infuriates many parents & it utterly terrifies some.”

https://t.co/MgUj3fzGwM

[Educational Freedom @edfreeuk]

We will make the updates as soon as possible regarding the new Wales EHE guidance. #homeed

[The HE Byte @the_he_byte]

On Tuesday 16th May there will be a private member’s bill introduced, seeking to legislate the registration of children educated outside of school. This bill would badly impact the home educating communities and how they operate.

Find out more here https://t.co/aItOVCBkS0

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

It sounds beyond ridiculous, doesn't it. It's an authoritarian system gone mad.

#homeeducation
#FairHearing4HomeEd

[home_ed_happy @home_ed_happy]

This is so true - a register of children that are cared for by their parents - can we seriously think about how absurd it is

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

@UncagedDove @melodyjane666 My son is very sensitive to being quizzed or put on the spot and completely shuts down. This is one of the reasons we #homeeducate. I can support him making progress without any obvious assessment. Testing and monitoring would destroy him and then they'd force him into school.

[FreeBird @UncagedDove]

Though, you did touch on something important: fining and jailing parents isn't going to make their children attend #school, if school is not suiting those children. We need to overhaul #attendance law and end these incentives, not threaten #HomeEducating families as well.

[sparkyannc @sparkyannc]

Putting law-abiding minority groups on a register is highly controversial, and there are data from various 'consultations' to back this. The current laws, if followed, work well. Plus there are huge - and genuine - data privacy concerns. Are you reflecting this in your coverage?

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

@NickFletcherMP Thank you for taking the time to talk to some of your constituents and hear their experiences of #homeeducation.

#FairHearing4HomeEd

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

#FairHearing4HomeEd

[FreeBird @UncagedDove]

Worth noting the existing balance is in-line with other law. No other group has to register the details of their family life with the government, nor do the authorities normally get involved without evidence of a problem. Only #HomeEducation attracts this kind of state overreach!

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

You see this so often: the legislation exists to address something but the relevant services fail to act.
Government: "we're very worried about illegal schools"
Ofsted (who have power in this area) "............"
Government: "I know lets have a register of children not in school"

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

@UncagedDove I've said before that everytime you make your haystack bigger it gets harder and harder to find the needle. Unnecessarily adding more children to lists and registers doesn't make LAs jobs easier - if anything it will make it even harder for overstretched services to manage.

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

@baronbm @NickFletcherMP "Home Schooling" was used by government to describe the pandemic lockdown learning for children studying from home while still on the school roll. (Elective) Home Education is the correct legal term in the UK and in many/most cases looks very different to traditional "schooling"

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

@LornaWillimott but you could be cooking anything at home...how do we know what you're serving up, it might not be the same as everyone else cooks. You might not be following the recipe properly. You might not be cooking in the kitchen or you might be cooking at unusual times.

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

@jules101uk @homeedsupport @NickFletcherMP @UKParliament Yes and it's not just parliament, the media also spreads plenty of inaccurate hysteria and myths about #homeeducation. If there was less gaslighting, scaremongering and lying about our families then perhaps the focus could shift to children out there who are genuinely vulnerable

[durbanmamauk @durbanmamauk]

I so agree with you! @NickFletcherMP #HomeEducation The DfE needs to take a long hard look at their offering. They've forgotten who they are meant to serve, and what century and decade we live in. If anyone is to be scrutinised, start there! #PetitionsDebate

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

#HomeEducation can be life changing for young people and their families. In some cases it can be life saving.

#FairHearing4HomeEd
#petitionsdebate

[Angela Ditchfield @MaxiGrandMum]

Beautiful.
The same was true for my son 9 years ago.
School had made him hate and fear writing.
Now with home Ed, he’s perusing his dream of being an author.
#FairHearing4HomeEd

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

@FairHearing4HE @NickFletcherMP The challenge here and the next battle will be the definition of "proper" training. To us, it's obvious that home ed community should be co-creators and partners - will the government see it this way??

[MiaKayRuby @MiaKayRuby]

@FairHearing4HE @NickFletcherMP The number of parents questioning the current obsession that Government and the @ChildrensComm have for 100% school attendance is growing online. The outright threats and abuse they and their children receive from schools and LAs are being noticed and discussed.