Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 52375
Special Educational Needs: Home Education
Tabled: 14 May 2025
Answered: 22 May 2025
Question
Tom Morrison
Liberal Democrat — Cheadle
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to enable parents who need to withdraw their child from school when SEND support is insufficient to do so.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellParents have a right to educate a child of compulsory school age otherwise than at school, provided that the education is suitable. Home education can be demanding and so should only ever be an informed and positive choice. If their child is in a mainstre...
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