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Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
Your responsibilities with your local council if you want to educate your child at home - sometimes called home schooling
Guidance for local authorities and schools about children educated at home.
How local authorities can share aggregate data on children who receive elective home education (EHE) and those children missing education (CME).
We’re seeking views on proposed changes to the non-statutory elective home education guidance for local authorities and parents.
This exploratory study investigates the steps that parents, local authorities and schools take in order to move children from secondary school to home education.
Call for evidence on greater oversight of children whose parents elect to educate them at home, and consultation on revised DfE guidance documents.
Information on the number and characteristics of children in elective home education (EHE) in England.
Information on the number of children in elective home education (EHE) in England. Data is presented for both the number of children at a point in time on the Autumn term 2024 census day, and the number of children who...
Changing behaviour to help promote early language and literacy development through the home learning environment (HLE).
What happens if your child cannot go to school for health reasons - responsibilities of the local council and school and how medical needs are handled at school
The education provision for service children overseas can be categorised as Defence Children Services (DCS) Schools and Settings or non MOD schools locations.
Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.
An accreditation process to identify high quality language, literacy and communication apps, for children in the early years (0 to 5 years).
Research into what early years settings could do to better support parents in developing their children's learning at home.
How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.
Tax credits for children aged 16 or over - approved education, approved training and when Child Tax Credit stops or continues.
We are seeking views on a local authority registration system for children who do not attend state-funded or registered independent schools.
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