Suitable Education

Fighting for suitable education for all. To not lose our right to home educate and also to join those fighting to fix the broken school system.

[Suitable Education @SuitableEd]

Home education is wonderful as a positive choice but increasingly families are being forced to do it because school is hurting their children

The Schools Bill then insists that for those same children's 'safety and well-being' that their personal and sensitive data be shared

[The Secret Magistrate @SecretJPUK]

@Zoompad @NotFineinSchool I’m sorry that you’ve been through this. I’m sorry that your daughter has been through this. The more schools I have contact with (both in and out of court) the more I am being converted to Homeschooling as the best choice.

[Educational Freedom @edfreeuk]

"having failed to fund services, failed to meet statutory duties, & failed to provide early help, politicians are blaming the very people harmed by those failures. We see it in political rhetoric & we see it in Bills such as the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill." @expertlegal

[Square Peg @teamsquarepeg]

Today, a long-awaited report has been published on a London school following the conclusion of the Local Child Safeguarding Review into culture, policy and practice.

For almost a decade, our work has focussed on raising red flags around the impact of zero tolerance behaviour policies on our children and the influence of an ideology which places fear, threat, coercion and compliance at the centre of a standards agenda which serves to institutionally harm the most vulnerable, underserved and underresourced children and their families.

Compounding structural inequalities, discrimination and adversity without care nor concern is too often normalised and enabled through inadequate governance, lacklustre complaints procedure and a hubris only possible as a result of protectionism and blinkered establishment privilege.

Those of us who have attempted to highlight concerns have faced accusations aimed to discredit, deflect, distort and distract from the rising numbers struggling to attend, access, or remain in education; many of the same children spiralling into higher levels of additional learning support needs, CAMHS treatment, social care involvement or increased risk of permanent exclusion.

Mossbourne is an indices story with others lying underneath. You don’t need to look very hard to find a parent, child or teacher who’ve been impacted by similar variations of a theme highlighted in the report.

It has taken not inconsiderable courage and determination to pursue this story, spearheaded by a single parent and a small group of us supporting.

The report is sobering to say the least, with a clear and unflinching spotlight shined back to those championing the ideology and its delivery, on the payroll of the Government.

Please read the full report https://t.co/a4pnFV46Jp

Reported by @AnnaFazack1 for @theguardianfeed @ObserverUK https://t.co/F7FWc01Z9D

Schools Week https://t.co/RYXZXO46Ih @SchoolsWeek

And TES https://t.co/6NEPnwzxV7 @tes

Questions remain over the Government’s admirable ambition to build a culture of inclusion and belonging in every school, improving attendance, engagement and thriving, at the same time as delivering behaviour policies which disproportionately impact children with highest levels of need.

The answer is not increasing segregation by design. Nor is it found in diluting the protections and entitlements of the Equality Act, and Children and Families Act. Neither is it found in increasing powers around School Attendance Orders, or by issuing half a million fixed penalty fines to families.

The definition of madness is doing more of the same and expecting a different result. Should we even be surprised? The data speaks for itself.

#timeforchange

There is always Another Way.

We can do better. Together.

https://t.co/ZDlRDDpw7I
https://t.co/SIYa8ReY4z
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[Educational Freedom @edfreeuk]

The powers being given to Local Authorities under the Children's Wellbeing and Schools bill concerns us because of years of dealing with over zealous Local Authority staff with home educating families and overstepping their remit.

[Genie @lettersfromjuno]

And this is why I am so die hard for children’s advocacy. Children are the most oppressed class in the world and everything we do to them reflects just how shitty this world actually is. The world is a reflection of how we treat children

[Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore]

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

[VCF UK 🟪🟪🟪 @UKVCF]

The Victoria Climbié Foundation UK are deeply concerned about the dangers to children and their families from measures included in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, as are other safeguarding and child protection experts.

https://t.co/4ePtBw6osc

[Nat Wei @NatWei]

Today I spoke during the Second Reading of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill in the House of Lords today. It contains vastly authoritarian measures to clamp down on home education under the pretext of safeguarding, but actually will cause great harm (1/5). @LabourList

[Nat Wei @NatWei]

It is a matter of historic record that when Parliament passed the Education Act of 1944, it deliberately safeguarded the right of parents — not the state — to determine their children’s education, as a bulwark against totalitarianism. (4/5) @LabourList

[Square Peg @teamsquarepeg]

Extraordinary decision by @educationgovuk.

Who authorised the creation and publishing of a poster without caveats based on research which lists multiple limitations (named on page 15) of their report?

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[Suitable Education @SuitableEd]

Attendance - Why children need support not shame.

@educationgovuk @bphillipsonMP
RewritingThe FairyTale fixed it for you!

@teamsquarepeg @NotFineinSchool

[Paul Garvey. @PaulGarvey4]

Ofsted’s new framework.

The criticism from almost all quarters is overwhelmingly and utterly damning.

@bphillipsonMP, please have the courage to rip it up and tell them to start again. If that leads to the resignation of HMCI and the fall of @Ofstednews, so be it.

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

"Ofsted was tasked with bringing about a system of inspection that reduced pressure on the school system in quite tragic circumstances.

It's our view that this will make things worse. Not better."

@DanielKebedeNEU speaks to the education committee about latest Ofsted changes.

[No More Exclusions #Free 🇵🇸 @NExclusions]

🔊🔊🔊We are excited to announce the launch of the NME Leeds chapter on Saturday 15th February from 3-6pm.

We are inviting young people, parents, carers, educators and anyone who wants to organize with us to abolish school exclusions and explore alternatives to join us.

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[ICARS (Int. Coal. Against Restraint and Seclusion) @ICARSBanRandS]

How much taxpayer money is spent on restraint & de-escalation training in England's schools? #AgainstRestraint #RestraintForRevenue https://t.co/3SYpaqYvhN

[ICARS (Int. Coal. Against Restraint and Seclusion) @ICARSBanRandS]

🌍✨ A year in the making. In follow-up to The ICARS Report England: Follow the Money 💰✨

Survivors, parents, educators, unions, lawmakers—it’s time to uncover the cost of the Restraint Industrial Complex in education. January 25, 2025.

[Natalie Bennett @natalieben]

We rank bottom of 27 countries for high rates of unhappiness among 15-year-olds. There is a #MentalHealth crisis. Schools forced to become competitive #ExamFactories, with rigid, intolerant discipline, are a big factor

@MoreThanScore @YoungGreenParty

[Defend Digital Me @defenddigitalme]

(2017) DfE hid facts from decision-making Star Chamber

https://t.co/aD6pX3Kh1l

HOL Select Committee on Constitution re. number/breadth of delegated powers, “an increasingly common feature of legislation which as we have repeatedly stated, causes considerable concern.” #CWBSBill

[Suitable Education @SuitableEd]

The willful blindness of the govt and continued insistence that school is safer and good for kids. This is a lighter example than many which could have been chosen but... The school system has been driven into the ground and many are leaving. Teachers, children... It's broken 💔