A recent Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) survey of councils charts a year-on-year rise in numbers of children being electively home educated (EHE).
Although councils detail their efforts to engage with families to protect children, the report reveals deep concerns over their ability to ensure the most vulnerable are being kept safe. The figures, which indicate a “surge” in the numbers of children with complex needs (see box), comes after Ofsted recently highlighted how children are being home educated as a last resort, commonly when they have special educational needs and disabilities that are not being met by their school.
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