The powers that be seem obsessed with conflating home education with child welfare. Their tedious refrain is that only children 'seen' at school can possibly be safe from abuse. That teachers and schools are in the best position to ensure the safety of each and every individual child.
Which makes recent headlines somewhat ironic ...
On being safe:-
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090709/tuk-teacher-held-on-attempted-murder-6323e80.html
On being seen:-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1198428/Your-sons-pleasure-teach-I-havent-clue--Dont-believe-word-school-report.html
On being safe AND being seen:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8141950.stm
It would be a mistake to gloat over these reports. Real children have suffered - certainly in the cases covered in the first and last reports. It's a scandal, a disgrace and it should not be allowed to happen under the cover of the school in loco parentis.
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