This bill requires parents who home-educate their children to register with local authorities and establishes registers of children not attending school. Local authorities must collect educational and safeguarding information and provide support.
A bill to require parents who choose to home-educate their children to register with the local authority; to make provision about the maintenance of registers by local authorities of children in their area who are not full-time pupils at any school; to make provision about support by local authorities to promote the education and safeguarding of such children; and for connected purposes.
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 2nd reading
Sponsored by: Lord Storey
Introduced: 2024-09-05