DCSF Independent EHE Review
Graham Badman' recommendations:
• that local authorities should provide more support to home educating families, eg. through helping provide access to the national examination system, sports facilities, libraries and music tuition;
• a compulsory annual registration scheme, in which all parents who plan to home educate have to inform their local authority. While around 20,000 children are already registered, the actual number being home educated is unknown and could be more than double this number;
• at the time of registration, parents being asked to submit a statement of their intended approach to the child's education including what they aim to achieve over the following 12 months;
• giving properly trained local authority officials the right of access to the home, following a minimum two week notification to the parents. They will check that the child is making progress against their learning statement. They will also have the right to speak to the child, to ensure they are safe and well. A written report must then be produced and shared with the parents and child;
• that local authorities can refuse registration to home educate if there is clear evidence of safeguarding concerns.
Please follow this link to the report, the government's response
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/homeeducation/
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