The inspectorate’s Annual Report 2020/21 highlights a rise in the number of EHE pupils across all year groups since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This year, school and local authority leaders told us about a significant increase in pupils being removed from school to be home educated,” the report states, citing figures released by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services which showed a 38 per cent rise in the number of children being home educated in 2020/21 compared with the previous year.
“Almost three fifths of school leaders we spoke to in the autumn term had at least some parents who wanted to home educate temporarily due to the pandemic,” Ofsted’s report states.
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