MP for Meon Valley Flick Drummond pressed Rishi Sunak to bring forward the creation of an EHE register at Prime Minister’s Questions last week, saying that almost 115,000 children are now being home-schooled following the pandemic, with “little, if any, monitoring of their educational welfare.”
She added that nine in 10 local authorities believe they have not been able to identify home-educated children.
Drummond asked Sunak: “Will my right honourable friend bring forward the register of home-schooled children so that they are identified and we can ensure that their needs are looked after and they are not falling through the net?”
In response, Sunak said: “We support the right of parents to home-educate their children and we know that many do well.
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