The ADCS data, based on responses from 106 local authorities, shows that on the final day of the 2017/18 academic year, 40,359 children were home educated. Extrapolated across all 152 councils, there were 57,873 home-educated children in England in 2018, a rise of 27 per cent on 2017's total, which itself was 21 per cent higher than in 2016.
The report attributes the rise to a number of possible factors, including improved reporting practices by schools and better communication between councils and other public agencies aiding identification of children.
Many of the respondents suspected the actual number of children being home schooled is higher than the figures suggest, because there are no legal requirements for parents to report home education arrangements.
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