Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Home Schooling

Families meet in all sorts of weird and wonderful places.  Here, they exchange views, gossip, and often very valuable information.

Recently, a close friend of the family revealed that her primary-age daughter was experiencing bullying at school.  Despite rafts of documents claiming 'concern', 'best practice' and 'good family relations' from the school and LEA in question (that'll be Anglesey LEA), the family alleges that the bullying has not been properly addressed.  Indeed, the mother felt it had not been taken seriously at all.


As a result, the child has been taken out of the school and is now educated at home, and appears to be working out well.  More recently, an inspection found that the mother was acting in an exemplary manner in teaching her child at home.  Praise, indeed.

The removal took place about three months ago.  The 'care' and 'welfare' from the LEA?  According to the family, they have received no contact at all, despite some new 'policies' on home schooling contact published recently.

Mind you, most people wouldn't want much contact from an education service labelled in 2012 as "unsatisfactory" by Estyn, the welsh inspectorate, leading to it being put in special measures.