Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 95259

Home Education

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department consulted academic experts in pedagogy in home education on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department ran a public consultation on the proposed duties and measures for Children Not in School in 2019. The consultation was open to all to contribute, including academic experts in educational pedagogy, and the department responded in 2022. We h...

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