tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post6933233327488550228..comments2024-03-20T00:30:11.702-07:00Comments on Home Education Heretic: The rise in school leaving ageSimon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-69527179872089504492010-04-08T00:04:12.165-07:002010-04-08T00:04:12.165-07:00"If it is hard to do this with an uncooperati..."If it is hard to do this with an uncooperative sixteen year old, just imagine trying to get some great eighteen year old to go along with the game and say the necessary things to a local authority officer! For some parents, it hardly bears thinking about. "<br /><br />For some teachers in schools, it will hardly bear thinking about either.suzygnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-25640813716796960562010-04-07T23:06:38.740-07:002010-04-07T23:06:38.740-07:00Of course I'm not moderating comments, Erica! ...Of course I'm not moderating comments, Erica! There's one other by you above this one, but that's all I've seen. How many have you actually posted?Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-45729248201104889262010-04-07T14:28:57.349-07:002010-04-07T14:28:57.349-07:00Are you moderating comments, Simon? Just wondered ...Are you moderating comments, Simon? Just wondered because one I posted earlier hasn't appeared.Ericanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-13082699085126218362010-04-07T07:54:23.554-07:002010-04-07T07:54:23.554-07:00From the BBC website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/democ...From the BBC website: <br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_lords/newsid_8607000/8607708.stm <br /><br />"The government has dropped several of the key measures from the bill owing to opposition demands, including: guarantees of one to one tuition for children who fall behind, mandatory sex education for those over 15 and a new registration system for home-educated children." <br /><br />A bit off topic but I thought you'd like to know!Ericanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-68353647387937260212010-04-07T07:26:23.892-07:002010-04-07T07:26:23.892-07:00"In order to take the ten or twelve which are..."In order to take the ten or twelve which are common in schools, a parent might therefore have to shell out getting on for £2000! This is hardly fair, when they have been paying exactly the same taxes as everybody else."<br /><br />So are parents of children in private schools and people without children. Should they also have exam fees paid for them or a refund on their taxes if they choose not to have children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-10896654909068009412010-04-07T01:43:02.815-07:002010-04-07T01:43:02.815-07:00"We will just have to prove continuing home e..."We will just have to prove continuing home education between 18 and 20 in much the way as we do now between 16 and 20."<br /><br />And when I say prove, I mean just writing on a form that we are continuing to HE and mentioning what they are studying as we do now. Why should it involve additional steps just because the age has changed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-2116259647194301292010-04-07T01:40:50.931-07:002010-04-07T01:40:50.931-07:00I'm not sure why you expect it to be more diff...I'm not sure why you expect it to be more difficult when the age changes. At the moment it's easier to get Child Benefit before they are 16, because it's automatic, no questions asked. When the age changes we have no reason to believe that the same will not be true but it will just become automatic up to 18. We will just have to prove continuing home education between 18 and 20 in much the way as we do now between 16 and 20.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-4183315519314314832010-04-07T01:17:10.998-07:002010-04-07T01:17:10.998-07:00I think that this is another of the great unknowns...I think that this is another of the great unknowns; it really depends on whether the LAs themselves do get lumbered with the responsibility of checking up on whether the post 16's are in full time education - I can't imagine they will want that job. Were we get to get some extra regulation anyway with all of home ed, I suppose this could be tied in, but giving the political situation - who knows?<br /><br />I do wonder though how many HErs there are in full time home ed; my own daughter took an extra year before she was ready for full time college and in that year at home did one AS and a few extra IGCSES, but we were always heading towards college. There are some home ed families doing serious A level taking for uni entry around, but most of my daughters friends did go straight on to college after GCSES and I expect this is the norm; so if the numbers are few it may be not even worth whatever govt we do get worrying about it (even if they actually notice there are post 16 home educators around).Julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-83260300860864113732010-04-07T00:30:50.374-07:002010-04-07T00:30:50.374-07:00Simon says If it is hard to do this with an uncoop...Simon says If it is hard to do this with an uncooperative sixteen year old, just imagine trying to get some great eighteen year old to go along with the game and say the necessary things to a local authority officer! <br /><br />It wont happen! you really think an LEA officer will frighten a 17 year old boy? he tell him to f off!<br />Simon says Of course many parents are still claiming Child Benefit from the age of sixteen to eighteen on the grounds that they are still educating their child and that this education does not stop once he reaches sixteen. One wonders whether this will get a little harder in 2015,<br /><br />have you been told child benfit will stop for all children over the age of 16 unless they see an LEA officer? where is that in law? what case law is it? <br /><br />LEA have just not got the time to go running around after home educated childrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com