You have to wonder about the background to this story.
Parents failed to educate
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The girl, who the Cornish Guardian has decided not to name, had not attended school for nearly two years after her parents elected to home educate her.
However, the Janes were unable to prove to Cornwall Council that their daughter was receiving a proper education, and last November it served a School Attendance Order on her parents calling for the 11-year-old to enrol at Roche Community School.
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Predictable comments from the council...
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"Our aim is to promote positive relationships and mutual respect with parents and carers for the benefit and educational wellbeing of the child.
"This is a particularly unusual case involving parents who claimed that they were educating their child at home. In this case, despite repeated attempts by education welfare and elective home education co-ordinators to engage with the family, they were unable to do this, leaving us with no choice but to instigate court proceedings."
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