The Department for Education is developing guidance and legislative frameworks for elective home education, including registration requirements, local authority visit limits, and support mechanisms for home-educated children. The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill proposes a 15-day visit limit for local authority oversight. This reform aims to balance parental choice with safeguarding and educational standards.
Supporting guidance for local authorities submitting the elective home education (EHE) and children missing education (CME) 2025 to 2026 academic year data collections.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of providing free GCSE and A-level examinations for home-schooled pupils; and what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of such provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposed 15 day limit for local authority visits to home educated children in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill would apply during school holidays.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of home educated children with separated parents living at different addresses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities with the provision of Education Otherwise Than At School.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance exists for local authorities making permanent school closure decisions during the period before Local Government Reorganisation.
We’re seeking views on proposed changes to the non-statutory elective home education guidance for local authorities and parents.
We’re seeking views on proposed changes to the non-statutory elective home education guidance for local authorities and parents.
UIN: HCWS918 Today my Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System and Student Finance (Baroness Barran), has made the following statement. Today, 6 July, the Department for Education has published the guidance document, “Commissionin...
UIN: HLWS905 Today, 6 July, the Department for Education has published the guidance document, “Commissioning High-Quality Trusts: How the Department for Education’s Regions Group takes decisions about the creation, consolidation and growth of academy trusts”. The guid...
We're seeking views on revised statutory guidance for local authorities on home to school travel and transport for children of statutory school age (5 to 16).
UIN: HCWS798 The Department for Education will today announce the arrangements for the fourth and final year of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) in England, which starts in September 2023. The NTP makes available subsidised tutoring for schools as part …
UIN: HLWS232 My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.This week I have published guidance to set out how we will support early years, schools and colleges to welcome …
We're seeking views on revised statutory guidance for local authorities on home to school travel and transport for children of statutory school age (5 to 16).
We're seeking views on revised statutory guidance for local authorities on home to school travel and transport for children of statutory school age (5 to 16).
Third Reading 12:02:00 A privilege amendment was made. Bill passed and sent to the Commons.
Committee 10:06:00 Clause 1: Duty of local authorities to monitor children receiving elective home education Amendment 1 Moved by 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end insert— “436AA Duty of local authorities to collect and share information where …
Second Reading 12:46:00 Moved by Lord Soley: That the Bill be now read a second time. Lord Soley (Lab): My Lords, there is a difficult balance to be struck between the rights of parents to have the education for their …
First Reading 15:13:00 A Bill to make provision for local authorities to monitor the educational, physical and emotional development of children receiving elective home education, and for connected purposes. The Bill was introduced by Baroness Morris of Yardley (on behalf …
We're seeking views on draft guidance about how schools should respond to requests regarding wraparound and holiday childcare.
We're seeking views on draft guidance about how schools should respond to requests regarding wraparound and holiday childcare.
We're seeking views on draft guidance about how schools should respond to requests regarding wraparound and holiday childcare.