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I agree.
The council should not be offering out money without any proper checks in place.
Out of interest, what will Japanese, kickboxing and whatever mma is do to help secure employment in the future. Surely curriculum based lessons would be more useful to the child?
I can't control how the LEA decide to pay the funding, nor what checks they decide to make. That is down to them.
Home educators do not have to follow the curriculum and can study subjects that will be of benefit to them in later life,or even subjects which hold their interest for now.
MMA stands for mixed martial arts. Already, my youngest daughter is training as a junior instructor. The skills she is picking up here will be of benefit when she does go into the world of work.There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
You are obviously on benefits to be concerned about £16,000 limit on savings.
By home tutoring or paying someone to do it, are you exempt from looking for work ?
Will you not have to look for work when on UC ?0 -
Own_My_Own wrote: »You are obviously on benefits to be concerned about £16,000 limit on savings.
By home tutoring or paying someone to do it, are you exempt from looking for work ?
Will you not have to look for work when on UC ?
Being in the support group on ESA means I am exempt from looking for work.
Until my health improves, I won't be able to work irrespective of what benefit system we have in place but who knows what the future holds - hopefully there will be improvements in medicine and a better range of treatments for me
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
:D:D Absolutely!
Whilst school may be the best years of their lives for some, for others it is one of torment and sadness
Pipkin I am not having a go at you, but to be honest the workplace can also be one of torment and sadness, but unfortunately life is like that and has to be coped with.Stopped smoking 27/12/2007, but could start again at any time :eek:0 -
The criteria for the funding is that it leads to a qualification.
As home educators, we don't have to follow the national curriculum, however schools do offer a language GCSE, we have just chosen Japanese, in which my girls speak fluently
Schools do offer a GCSE in Physical Revision, they also provide PE for students each week. Kickboxing and MMA are the sports my children have chosen to do and are both one away from blackbelt, so are quite experienced in their sport
As Japanese, kickboxing and MMA will all result in qualifications, they meet the criteria for funding.
I am sorry but this post and this thread comes across to me to have a certain amount of smugness in it.
I know this is not the discussion board but I really don't think it fair that 1. home educated children are granted such a large sum when their parents have refused a free school place and 2. that only certain people get it. If funding is available it should be shared equally between all home educated children.
I also think that the funding could encourage certain parents to home school where home schooling is not within their ability.0 -
Pipkin I am not having a go at you, but to be honest the workplace can also be one of torment and sadness, but unfortunately life is like that and has to be coped with.
No problem, melbury. Home ed isn't all roses and sunshine and disagreements have to be coped with.
What I meant was, for some children, the level of bullying they face [not my children] can be enough to cause them to have long-term issues, way after they have left school and that shouldn't just be something they should have to cope with.There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
I am sorry but this post and this thread comes across to me to have a certain amount of smugness in it.
I know this is not the discussion board but I really don't think it fair that 1. home educated children are granted such a large sum when their parents have refused a free school place and 2. that only certain people get it. If funding is available it should be shared equally between all home educated children.
I also think that the funding could encourage certain parents to home school where home schooling is not within their ability.
Not sure how it comes across as smugness but I cannot control how you interpret a post. All I can say is that it wasn't in anyway meant to come across as smug. I was looking for some advice, which is what this board is for. I can't apologise for that.
1. School places are not free, although they are free at the point of entry, however, all schools are given money for each child on the register and it is currently more than the grant which has been given - I think it's something like £6,000 for each child per year.
2. That is your view. I cannot control how my LEA - or other LEAs come to that - sets the criteria for qualifying for a grant. That is down to them. We are just in a position where both of my children meet the criteria this year.
Anyone, no matter what level of educational attainment, has the right to home educate. As the money applied for has to go towards qualifications, surely that will only benefit the children, if the parent/s have chosen home ed.There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
There could also well be an argument here that people who pay to send their children to independent schools should be able to claim some kind of rebate from the LEA because they are choosing not to use state education.
Surely that would come under much the same category as home educating, wouldn't it?Stopped smoking 27/12/2007, but could start again at any time :eek:0 -
There could also well be an argument here that people who pay to send their children to independent schools should be able to claim some kind of rebate from the LEA because they are choosing not to use state education.
Surely that would come under much the same category as home educating, wouldn't it?
Do independent schools receive any funding from LEAs? I don't think they do so can see your argument here.
It would be interesting to see what happened if someone challenged it.There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0 -
Truthfully, the only problem I have with it is that you are only able to do it because you get ESA.
As a single parent, I would never have been allowed to do it, as I am expected to work. My ds has asd and would have done so much better being home taught.
I don't begrudge you, but it is in some ways unfair, that because I am fit and well, my son missed out on something that would have been beneficial to him.0
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