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Clearer sight on home education

3 mins read Education Home education
Register will enable councils to target support, but they need help to assess pupil progress, says MP.
Robert Halfon MP: "For far too long home education has flown under the radar, shrouded in a fog that means we know little about the attainment of too many children"
Robert Halfon MP: "For far too long home education has flown under the radar, shrouded in a fog that means we know little about the attainment of too many children"

Across England, tens of thousands of children are being educated away from school. Many will be receiving a high-quality education and achieving impressive outcomes. But worryingly, many may not be.

The Department for Education acknowledges that there is “considerable evidence” that many children may not be receiving a suitable education while a report from the previous children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield found that children being removed from school risked missing out on education.

The fact is that we just do not know because of a lack of data on either the number of children learning outside school or the type of education they are getting.

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