Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 28872

Home Education: Neurodiversity

Tabled: 4 February 2025

Answered: 10 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) administrative and (b) psychological impact of children not being on school registers on home schooling families of neurodivergent children.

Answer

Stephen Morgan

There is currently no duty on parents to notify local authorities when they have elected to home educate their child. The ‘Children Not in School’ measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will help remedy this by placing a duty on local autho...

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