Educating Your Child At Home

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Most people choose to send their children to school to be educated, but you are legally entitled to educate your child at home.

You don't have to be a teacher, operate to a timetable or follow the national curriculum (although you're perfectly at liberty to do so if you wish).

If your child has never been to school or you are new to the area you don't have to tell us. 

If your child is registered at school you will need to send a letter to the head teacher informing them that you wish to educate your child at home.  We will then contact you to and ask for some basic information.

Please note:

• Where a child is registered at a school as a result of a school attendance order parents must ask the local authority to revoke the order.
• Where a child is placed at a special school under arrangements made by the local authority,we will ask the school to remove the child from the school register once we have received the necessary information from parents

If you would like to talk to one of our Elective Home Education (EHE) support workers about your decision to home educate or you would like any further support and advice about any information on this site please contact us. 

The Elective Home Education Team will be holding drop in sessions for parents and children which include an opportunity to meet one of our support workers. Please see the flyer for further information.