Survey report: Home educators’ experiences of the health visiting service in Scotland

The Scottish Home Education Forum invited home educating families to share their experiences of the health visiting service in Scotland after observing a steady increase in members’ reporting of concerns about engagements with health visitors, both via direct enquiries and Read More …

New ‘ACE’ branding, same old junk science

In November 2012, the National Risk Framework to Support the Assessment of Children and Young People was published.  As a comprehensive useful idiots’ guide to tick-box tyranny based on prevention (i.e. junk) science, the document made no mention of ‘consent’ or Read More …

Health visitors are not compulsory – just like schools, nurseries and, allegedly, named persons

[Re-blogged from Leahurst66] Note pushed through the letterbox of a parent of a four-year-old child (not of  compulsory education age) by a health visitor misrepresenting the law and exceeding his remit, while committing a heinous crime against the English language. Read More …

Mother’s fury as her private chat is shared under hated Named Person scheme

Published in the Scottish Sunday Express, 4 September 2016. Mother’s fury as her private chat is shared under hated Named Person scheme The author is grateful to the Allan family, who placed their trust in her to report their distressing experience. Read More …

Chronically ill teen reported to child protection for school absence

Published in the Scottish Sunday Express, 14 August 2016. These parents are home educators whose children’s needs were not met in school and whose complaints were unaddressed. Chronically ill teen reported to child protection for school absence Print edition