Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30308

Home Education

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support home educators and (b) protect children removed from mainstream schools for malicious reasons.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department is introducing the first ever duty on local authorities to provide support for home educating families as part of the Children not in School measures of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. The support duty ensures an established base...
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