Under a new draft framework, school leaders will be inspected on how well they prevent this and other "gaming" practices, which are used to make the school look better in league tables.
But in its response to a consultation around the plans, the Association of Directors of Children's Services says that it will be difficult, during a short school visit, for inspectors to prove that persuasive tactics have been used by schools to encourage parents to home school their children.
The ADCS wants to see inspectors also delve deeper into available data so that information about pupils leaving a school can be compared against regional averages.
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