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Find out what you need to do if you want to teach your child at home full time.
Teaching your child at home, instead of sending them to school full time is called elective home education.
If your child is of compulsory school age (between 5 and 16 years old) and you want to teach them at home, you need to contact us.
You can teach them yourself or employ a tutor to support you. You will be you will be fully responsible for making sure that they receive a suitable, full-time education for their:
Before you decide you should read more about elective home education on GOV.UK.
If you educate your child at home you will not get any financial help from us. You will need to pay for:
You will not receive any money for free school meals.
We need to safeguard all children and to make sure they are getting a suitable education at home.
We will arrange a home visit at least once a year to see you and your child.
To check that your child is getting a suitable education at home, we will ask you to provide an education plan.
If we think your child is not getting the education they need, we can serve a school attendance order. This will mean that they need to be taught in school.
If your child attends a specialist provision or school and you want to teach them at home, you’ll need the permission of the Head of Learning Inclusion. You will need to provide a plan that shows how you will meet the EHCP needs at home.
If your child goes to a mainstream school you do not need to ask our permission. If they have an EHCP and you decide to home educate then there will be a review of the EHCP.
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