Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 13840
Home Education
Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024
Question
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure families that opt for elective home education have access to adequate (a) resources and (b) guidance to support the educational needs of their children.
Answer
Stephen MorganThe department has collected termly data from local authorities concerning their cohorts of home-educated children since autumn 2022.The most recent published data shows an estimated 92,000 children in home education in October 2023, a rise of around 12,0...
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