NSPCC apologises for home school abuse comment

[Dave Roberts]

In a letter to home education charity, Education Otherwise, Phillip Noyes, director of public policy at NSPCC, apologised for comments made in the Independent newspaper by a spokesman for his charity. Vijay Patel, policy adviser at the NSPCC, told the paper that some people use home education to hide abuse, and cited the Victoria Climbié case as an example. But Noyes said the comments were wrong. He said: "I would like to apologise for the offence this has caused. Clearly there is no connection between home education and Victoria's tragic death, as she was not being educated at home.

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[Andy Back]

Methinks he doth protest too much. How much moe powerful and genuine an apology this would be if he'd simply stopped talking when he got to the phrase 'Victoria's traic death'. As it stands, it seems he is still convinced that some home schoolers may be concealing abuse; just not in the case cited by Mr Patel.