The Department for Education and Skills was considering changing the lawon the way local authorities monitor home-educators. But, instead, ithas issued a consultation setting out councils' duties and the rights ofparents who wish to home educate.
Ann Newstead, spokeswoman for Education Otherwise, a group that supportsfamilies who home educate, said the guidance "seems to enshrine the bestpractice of the local authorities we work well with".
Local authorities currently have no legal duty to monitor the quality ofhome education. Steve Beynon, chair of the Association of Directors ofChildren's Services' educational achievement committee, said theguidance did not sufficiently address how councils should fulfil theirrole.
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