@Ladyfat @HebrideanHecate Every time a child is removed from school and subsequently murdered, home education gets the blame.

Every time, the serious case review shows that the authorities had many opportunities to save the child, but they failed to act.

But people remember shocking headlines, not serious case reviews.

If any of this was really about protecting children, the statistics about home educated children being less likely to suffer violence, abuse and murder than their schooled peers would be much more widely known.