Call for evidence outcome

Home education: call for evidence and revised DfE guidance

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 10 April 2018
• Last updated: 2 April 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This call for evidence has closed

Read the full outcome

Elective home education: call for evidence 2018 response

PDF, 555 KB, 43 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

Read the updated elective home education guidance documents for local authorities and parents.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

Call for evidence on greater oversight of children whose parents elect to educate them at home, and consultation on revised DfE guidance documents.

This call for evidence was held on another website.

This call for evidence ran from
midday on 4 April 2018 to 11:59pm on 2 July 2018

Call for evidence description

This consultation has 2 parts.

The first is a call for evidence on issues connected with elective home education. In particular:

• registration of children educated at home
• monitoring of home education provision
• support for home educators

The second part is seeking comments on draft versions of 2 DfE guidance documents about elective home education. One is designed for local authorities and the other for parents.

Published 10 April 2018
Last updated 2 April 2019 + show all updates

1. 2 April 2019

   Added the final outcome for this consultation and links to the updated guidance.

2. 10 April 2018

   First published.