Child cruelty case triggers call for home schooling review

Northamptonshire parents jailed for neglect and abuse of ‘home educated’ son

Child protection experts have called for a national review of home schooling following an inquiry into a case in which a violent stepfather and his partner subjected their young son to extreme neglect and abuse.

The boy – known as Child Ab – endured four years of cruelty including being beaten, locked in his room and forced to defecate on the floor, fed stale food and banned from speaking to his siblings.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/38LxSbG