Just how much more bizarre and dangerously right-wing can this government and its agencies get? We might as well  CRB check the whole population (? at birth!!). The climate of fear and mistrust is appalling. If even half the funds and energy were put into dealing with abuse and neglect where we know its exists and in cultivating a society worth bringing children into we might be on safer ground. We must not be deflected into thinking that such proposals have any substance!

Home-schooling parents may face criminal record checks By Steve Doughty
Last updated at 2:14 AM on 30th November 2009 http://tiny.cc/jiSiy

Parents who teach their own children at home must undergo criminal records checks, say Government education inspectors.
The estimated 40,000 parents who choose not to send their children to school should be vetted, says Ofsted.
It said that parents whose records throw up suspicions should be barred from teaching their own children.

 Checks: Parents who teach at home must be vetted, education inspectors say

Vetting to root out any record of violence against children would be by the Criminal Records Bureau.
It would reveal to local authorities parents’ criminal convictions, cautions and warnings, and even information that did not lead to a criminal conviction.
It would also show any unproven complaints noted by the controversial new Independent Safeguarding Authority, set up to vet adults working with other people’s children.

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