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Parts most significant to us AEUK'ers are probably the following:
Reasons for elective home education
1.4 Parents may choose home education for a variety of reasons. The local authority’s primary
interest should lie in the suitability of parents’ education provision and not their reason
for doing so. The following reasons for home educating are common, but by no means
exhaustive:
distance or access to a local school
religious or cultural beliefs
philosophical or ideological views
dissatisfaction with the system
bullying
as a short term intervention for a particular reason
a child’s unwillingness or inability to go to school
special educational needs
parents’ desire for a closer relationship with their children.
Local authorities’ responsibilities
2.5 The DCSF recommends that each local authority provides written information about
elective home education that is clear, accurate and sets out the legal position, roles and
responsibilities of both the local authority and parents. This information should be made
available on local authority websites and in local community languages and alternative
formats on request. Local authorities should recognise that there are many approaches to
educational provision, not just a “school at home” model. What is suitable for one child may
not be for another, but all children should be involved in a learning process.
3.4 Local authorities should acknowledge that learning takes place in a wide variety of
environments and not only in the home....
3.13 Parents are required to provide an efficient, full-time education suitable to the age, ability
and aptitude of the child. There is currently no legal definition of “full-time”. Children
normally attend school for between 22 and 25 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year, but
this measurement of “contact time” is not relevant to elective home education where there
is often almost continuous one-to-one contact and education may take place outside normal
“school hours”. The type of educational activity can be varied and flexible. Home educating
parents are not required to:
teach the National Curriculum
provide a broad and balanced education
have a timetable
have premises equipped to any particular standard
set hours during which education will take place
have any specific qualifications
make detailed plans in advance
observe school hours, days or terms
give formal lessons
mark work done by their child
formally assess progress or set development objectives
reproduce school type peer group socialisation
match school-based, age-specific standards
3.14 It is important to recognise that there are many, equally valid, approaches to educational.
provision. Local authorities should, therefore, consider a wide range of information from
home educating parents, in a range of formats. The information may be in the form of
specific examples of learning e.g. pictures/paintings/models, diaries of educational activity,
projects, assessments, samples of work, books, educational visits etc
