Home educating parents must register with council

[Dave Roberts]

Parents must register with their local authority if they want to educate their children at home to ensure they are properly safeguarded, according to a government-commissioned review into home education. The government will also publish its response to Graham Badman's review. Children's Secretary Ed Balls said: "Graham recommends action to address the very small number of cases where home educated children have suffered harm because safeguarding concerns were either not picked up or addressed urgently.

"Home education is a well-established and important part of our education system. And Graham's review will - rightly in my view - stress the importance of maintaining those principles. But he will also recommend that the home education framework be strengthened significantly by making sure that parents register if they wish to home educate their children. This brings us into line with many European and other developed countries."

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