Predictable!

The number of families, perhaps as many as 50,000, where parents are undertaking the education of their own children is increasing. This may reflect the recession and rising costs of private education, but the main problem in most cases is local schools where education is of a very poor standard

The reaction of the government has been predictable. Fort the first time, parents will have to register annually with their local educational authority, - the one responsible for the poor school(s), and have to demonstrate that they are providing a suitable education. Councils will have the power to force children into a local school against the wishes of the parents.

Is it just the larger number involved, or is it that there are more people rejecting the monolithic standard (failing provision.) Constructivists on the left cannot accept differences and are driven to control and compel to achieve their blueprint.

There has been little if any, complaint hitherto that education suffers when children are educated at home. Instead the left tell us that children educated outside the state system do not acquire skills to cooperate or develop relationships. Really? Have any of these critics been to schools where disciplinary problems are many and bullying is rife, let alone the militancy and interruption caused by many politically motivated or unionised staff.