Here we go
The typical government pre-publication ‘leaks’ have started and it’s sounding like the pre-determined conclusions that we were all fearing. It was all a cosmetic exercise, they never did have any intention of listening to us, no surprise there. However, Mr Badman seems to have stepped over the mark rather dramatically, maybe forgetting that this was a review of HE NOT the Baby P enquiry.
Sources close to the review have confirmed that its author, the former director of children’s services at Kent county council, Graham Badman, is looking “favourably” at proposals that would require parents to register their children with their council when they are born or when they move to a different local authority. source - The Guardian
Look carefully, registration of ALL children with their local council AT BIRTH, not just HE children at ‘compulsory school age’.
And then we have this
The review, which is due to be published in the next week, is also expected to recommend new guidelines on minimum standards for educating children at home. This would clarify the circumstances under which a local authority can order a child back into school, if it believed the provision at home was not up to scratch.
So that’s just another way of saying monitoring, because how can you have “minimum standards” if you don’t monitor?
You know what, I could rant on about this for pages and pages and probably later I will, but for now I’m just going to say to Mr Badman, Ms Morgan, Mr Balls and the rest of them
F*** OFF! You wouldn’t know a decent education if it came and bit you on the arse and you are NOT going to monitor my child! I’m saying NO to the fascist NeuLabour police state right now. NO!