Title page
Contents
Summary 5
1. The Bill 6
1.1. The Bill 6
Provisions of the Bill 6
1.2. Parliamentary stages 7
2. Current position on home schooling in England 8
2.1. The right of parents to educate their children at home 8
2.2. How many children are educated at home? 9
DfE experimental statistics 9
Characteristics of home educated children 10
Other estimates of number of EHE children 10
2.3. Parental responsibilities 11
Informing the local authority 11
Providing an efficient, full-time and suitable education 11
What constitutes efficient, full-time, and suitable education? 11
Flexi-schooling 13
2.4. Responsibilities of local authorities 13
If a child is not receiving a suitable education 14
Number of school attendance orders issued 15
Local authorities' safeguarding duties 16
Oversight of local authorities 17
2.5. Funding and support 17
2.6. Children with special educational needs 18
Funding 19
3. Schools Bill 2022 and a proposed register of children not in school 21
3.1. The Schools Bill 2022 21
Legislative plans for a register of children not in school 21
Bill abandoned but register remains a "priority" 23