Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 90675
Home Education: Registration
Tabled: 13 November 2025
Answered: 20 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Kerry McCarthy
Labour — Bristol East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to send information to home educating parents on the registration measures within the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterFollowing the Bill’s attainment of Royal Assent, the department intends to make regulations and publish statutory guidance outlining how local authorities must publicise the registers and the duties of parents in relation to the registers.
We will consult on the guidance ahead of implementation, so home educating parents can share their views on how they would like to receive information on the registration measures.