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Elective Home Education Guidance

The Department for Education is developing guidance and legislative frameworks for elective home education, including registration requirements, local authority visit limits, and support mechanisms for home-educated children. The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill proposes a 15-day visit limit for local authority oversight. This reform aims to balance parental choice with safeguarding and educational standards.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of providing free GCSE and A-level examinations for home-schooled pupils; and what assessment they have made of the potential b

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of providing free GCSE and A-level examinations for home-schooled pupils; and what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of such provision.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Education linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposed 15 day limit for local authority visits to home educated children in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill would apply during scho

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposed 15 day limit for local authority visits to home educated children in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill would apply during school holidays.

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