'Missing' children not really missing Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/missing-children-not-really-missing.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 11:55 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anna Martin [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1852776?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:10:50 UTC 1852776 mrs steph woods [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1831407?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Jun 2007 10:45:03 UTC 1831407 Stephanie Apperley [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1816052?utm_medium=rss A clearer disticntion needs to be made as to why children may not be in education , so as not to imply that all children not in school are "missing"!

]]> Fri, 1 Jun 2007 04:47:58 UTC 1816052 mrs sharron jones [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1815240?utm_medium=rss It is perfectly legal and a parent's right to home educate their children.

]]> Fri, 1 Jun 2007 01:44:27 UTC 1815240 Mrs Morag Donnachie [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1790469?utm_medium=rss I found the wording on this site very worrying, especially as the BBC should be about well researched, factual, accurate and unbiased reporting.

]]> Mon, 28 May 2007 05:39:09 UTC 1790469 Mrs J Ward [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1784284?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 May 2007 06:49:42 UTC 1784284 Amanda Toase [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1775688?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 May 2007 06:08:17 UTC 1775688 mick lyons [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1775622?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 May 2007 05:39:29 UTC 1775622 alethea powell [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1775601?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 May 2007 05:27:08 UTC 1775601 Mrs Juliana Bond [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1775105?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 May 2007 02:07:04 UTC 1775105 Adrien Kechekar [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1775017?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 May 2007 01:32:10 UTC 1775017 Shell Scott [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1767123?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 May 2007 06:46:47 UTC 1767123 Elspeth Campbell [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1767043?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 May 2007 06:19:25 UTC 1767043 Mrs Carina McLeod [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1766886?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 May 2007 05:23:47 UTC 1766886 mrs hayley pearce [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1766874?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 May 2007 05:19:04 UTC 1766874 ms donna davies [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1760616?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2007 07:22:30 UTC 1760616 Mrs Julie Blackett [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1760554?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2007 07:13:31 UTC 1760554 Mrs Susan Allen [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1759974?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2007 05:02:47 UTC 1759974 Miss D. Meah [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1759973?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2007 05:02:28 UTC 1759973 Mr Paul Wiley [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1759786?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2007 04:31:06 UTC 1759786 L Gotts [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1759231?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2007 03:04:01 UTC 1759231 Adrien Kechekar [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1758300?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2007 12:31:08 UTC 1758300 Patricia Joanes [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1758292?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 May 2007 12:30:12 UTC 1758292 Ms Angela Sedgewick [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1756420?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 May 2007 08:02:52 UTC 1756420 ms sandy Ellis [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1756399?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 May 2007 08:00:29 UTC 1756399 Mrs Amanda Wheatland [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1753426?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 May 2007 08:57:19 UTC 1753426 Mrs Theresa Hudson [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1752601?utm_medium=rss As Home Educators we take control of our children's education, they are not missing from any school register. Schools are failing our children.

]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 06:28:53 UTC 1752601 MRS NINA LEACH [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1752494?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 May 2007 06:06:56 UTC 1752494 Ms Susanna Matthan [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1752110?utm_medium=rss My child is certainly not 'missing'. I know exactly where she is and who she is with, every day. Please re-consider your discriminatory wording.

]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 04:49:00 UTC 1752110 Anonymous [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1751661?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 May 2007 03:44:18 UTC 1751661 Mrs Pam Bellinger [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1750702?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 May 2007 01:24:57 UTC 1750702 Miss Cherie Townsend [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1747563?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 05:49:52 UTC 1747563 Ms Anonymous [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1747250?utm_medium=rss Many Home Educated children are registered with the authorities, but of course it is a parental choice whether they are or are not. Are you trying to take our right of choose away as well!!

]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 04:57:46 UTC 1747250 Jody Hughes [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1747061?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 04:02:01 UTC 1747061 Ms Anonymous [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1746990?utm_medium=rss Having read some of your other articles, I was horrified to see this one. Am I to presume you are not clear about the law?

]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 03:37:24 UTC 1746990 Mr Robert McKinney [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1746337?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 12:37:42 UTC 1746337 Ms Samantha Woods [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1746240?utm_medium=rss Home education has equal status under the law with school education. Children who have never been to school are not Missing - they are simply not registered. There is no requirement to register them.

]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 12:22:15 UTC 1746240 Sophie Hart [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1746215?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 12:17:34 UTC 1746215 Julian Hart [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1746210?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 12:16:55 UTC 1746210 Helena Hart [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1746206?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 12:16:10 UTC 1746206 mrs sue tiplady [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1745365?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 10:14:26 UTC 1745365 Mr Andrew Barnes [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1745265?utm_medium=rss Education is compulsory, school is not!

]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 09:53:30 UTC 1745265 MS Annmarie Foulkes [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1745243?utm_medium=rss Please reword your statement above, parents are well within the law under Section 7 of the 1996 Education Act to educate their children otherwise than at school. Your statement makes it sound as if children MUST be in the failing school system.
Our family have full contact with our local LEA, but there are others who do not - it is NOT a legal requirement.
Perhaps the BBC should concern it self more with sorting out its diabolical TV programmes, rather than trying to sort out education!

]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 09:48:36 UTC 1745243 P Eager [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1745155?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 09:29:24 UTC 1745155 ms Abbie Green [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1744720?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 07:52:34 UTC 1744720 Julie Kelly [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1744443?utm_medium=rss Home education is a legal option.
Home educated children do not need to be registered with the authorities.
Home educated children not registered with the authorities are NOT missing education and it is outrageous that the BBC should imply they are.

]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 06:46:30 UTC 1744443 Sharon Fullerton [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1744292?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 06:04:37 UTC 1744292 Ms Anne Rix [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1744249?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 05:53:06 UTC 1744249 ms julie ashton [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1744135?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 05:07:21 UTC 1744135 Mrs Debra Wiley [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1744035?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 04:40:58 UTC 1744035 Ms Simone Chalkley [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1743816?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 03:36:03 UTC 1743816 Mrs Michelle Cook [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1743811?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 May 2007 03:33:56 UTC 1743811 Ms Fiona Nicholson [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1743290?utm_medium=rss Yes, Education Otherwise has already requested the BBC amend this.

Fiona

]]> Sun, 20 May 2007 12:48:53 UTC 1743290 Miss Susan Storey [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1742402?utm_medium=rss Far better for the BBC to use the public money for this "reserach" on training reporters/reserachers to do their job, and find out about home education from the people who do it. Rather than a one sided account from people who have a vested interest in reducing further our rights under the laws of this country, and the right of parents to choose how their children are educated. One size does not fit all.

]]> Sat, 19 May 2007 08:06:15 UTC 1742402 Mrs Gwyneth Little [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1736114?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2007 01:01:18 UTC 1736114 Mrs. Michelle Melani [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1735990?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2007 12:42:50 UTC 1735990 miss R Toney [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1735775?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 May 2007 12:08:51 UTC 1735775 Mrs Sarah Wilson [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1728601?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 May 2007 06:35:20 UTC 1728601 Mr David Grant [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1728064?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 May 2007 03:56:01 UTC 1728064 Mrs Lynn Blair [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1727918?utm_medium=rss Given the current high profile new story, it is extremely emotive to describe children not on the school register as the 'disappeared'. I would like the government agency responsible to be named in your report so that parents of home educated children can respond directly. Home education is a legal, and arguably, a superior way for children to learn. Asking people to snoop on people known to them, many of whom may be educating their children legally, is somewhat repulsive.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 03:18:58 UTC 1727918 Mrs Ruth Follan [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1723929?utm_medium=rss These children are not "missing". Their whereabouts is simply not known to the "authorities". A great many of them will be home educated - a perfectly legal choice. The "authorities" are there to serve the public. If people choose not to use the services they offer, (such as schools), then that is their choice, and there is no need for the "authorities" to know where they are - it is simply irrelevant, not sinister!

]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 06:04:52 UTC 1723929 Mrs Flora Swietlicki [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1723817?utm_medium=rss Home education is a legitimate choice, and every child's education is the responsibility of parents, not the state. This BBCinitiative is like a witch hunt.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 05:42:21 UTC 1723817 Margaret Steele [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1723312?utm_medium=rss If more concern were shown for the children in the 'Education system' then perhaps there would be less outside of it!

Home education is legal and no-one has the right to interfere in parental choice nor in what is ultimately BEST for a child.

Personally I think whether to opt in should be the decision given more contemplation by parents.

I home educate because primarily, the child WAS NOT BEING EDUCATED.

This sounds like another example of 'spying'.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 04:20:38 UTC 1723312 Mrs Ingrid Tait [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1722980?utm_medium=rss I believe this implies that they are asking for information on home educated children people know of. It is perfectly legal to educate children at home, and obviously they do not need to be registered with a school.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2007 03:33:18 UTC 1722980 Mrs Julie Daniel [Signature #5] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1722877?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 May 2007 03:21:05 UTC 1722877 Ms Shena Deuchars [Signature #4] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1718362?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2007 03:09:36 UTC 1718362 Mrs Barbara Stark [Signature #3] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1718299?utm_medium=rss The BBC report is a sensationalist response to propaganda, and encourages everyone to snitch on their neighbour in case anything might be wrong about their kids. What happened to talking to each other and using your own judgement?
http://ahed.pbwiki.com/

]]> Wed, 16 May 2007 02:48:26 UTC 1718299 Mrs Andrea Hancock [Signature #2] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1718209?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 May 2007 02:25:10 UTC 1718209 elaine kirk [Signature #1] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/1718199?utm_medium=rss home education is legal these children are not 'missing'

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