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• Judge in Sara Sharif case warns of ‘dangers’ of automatic right to home school children

  17-12-2024 19:00
  
  Judge says killers home schooled Sara as a ‘ruse’ to hide evidence of 10-year-old’s repeated beatings A senior judge who jailed the killers of Sara Sharif has said the 10-year-old’s murder “starkly illustrates the dangers” of parents automatically being able to homeschool their children.Sara had twice been pulled out of school by her father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool, as a “ruse adopted for wholly selfish purposes” to cover up ev
  
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• Home schooling laws to be tightened up after murder of Sara Sharif

  17-12-2024 01:01
  
  Ten-year-old was murdered by her father and stepmother after being taken out of school to be educated at homeMeasures to tighten up home schooling in England in the wake of 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s murder at the hands of her father and stepmother are to be unveiled in a bill before parliament on Tuesday.The children’s wellbeing and schools bill will enable the government to introduce registers to identify and keep track of children not in school, while parents seeking to educate the
  
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