A new report by the Local Government Association, Children Missing in Education, warns that some councils have reported increases in home education registrations of more than 200 per cent for September and October, compared with the same period last year.
This is fuelled by parents choosing to home-school their children because of safety fears and increasing numbers of pupils having to stay out of school and self-isolate, the LGA says.
Although many parents provide good home education, the LGA raises concerns that Covid-19 has led to increasing numbers of children receiving unsuitable education outside the classroom and missing out on the benefits that a school environment brings, such as safeguarding and learning and socialising with other children.
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