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Review Of Local Authority Elective Home Education Administration Practices
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The Welsh education system is predicated on providing a range of choices to meet the different needs and abilities of learners of all ages. There is a duty on parents to ensure that a child of compulsory education age receives efficient full-time education, suitable to the child’s age, ability and to any special needs the child may have. Most parents choose to have their children educated in school. However, some parents choose to educate their children at home. This is known as elective home education (EHE). The Welsh Government respects the decision by some parents to educate their children at home, but this choice must be balanced with the right of children to receive a suitable education.Parents may decide to home-educate their child from a very early age and so the child may not have been previously enrolled at school. They may also elect to home-educate at any other stage up to the end of compulsory educated age.Parents are not required to register or seek approval from the local authority to home-educate their children. Parents who choose to home-educate their children must be prepared to assume full financial responsibility, including bearing the cost of any public examinations. However, LAs are encouraged to provide support where resources permit.If a child is registered at a school, their name cannot be removed from the school roll unless the school receives written notification that the child is to be home-educated. Where the child is attending a special school under arrangements made by the LA, parents must obtain permission from the LA before the child’s name can be removed from the register.LAs are not responsible for the provision of elective home education or under any statutory obligation to support it. However, under section 436A of the Education Act 1996, LAs do have a duty to make arrangements to identify children not receiving a suitable education. The duty applies in relation to children of compulsory school age who are not on a school roll and who are not receiving a suitable education otherwise than being at school (for example, at home, privately, or in alternative provision). Section 436A states:(1)A local authority must make arrangements to enable them to establish (so far as it is possible to do so) the identities of children in their area who are of compulsory school age but:(a) are not registered pupils at a school, and(b) are not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.“Suitable education”, in relation to a child, means efficient full-time education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude and to any special educational needs he may have.”Local authorities are under a duty to comply with section 436A of the Education Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”). This duty requires local authorities to make arrangements to enable them to establish the identities of children who are not registered pupils, and who are not receiving suitable education other than at school. If it appears to a local authority that a child is not receiving a suitable education they can serve a notice on the parent requesting information from the parent to satisfy the local authority that the child is receiving a suitable education. In the absence of that information, or the local authority not being satisfied, then they may issue the parent with a school attendance order (SAO), which details the school the child should attend.Local authorities already have considerable powers in relation to school attendance, but there is a challenge for local authorities being able to identify children not registered at a school or receiving a suitable education otherwise than at school. If a local authority does not know about the child then they are unable to comply with the duties under section 436A of the 1996 Act.Children who are home-educated are not required to follow any specified curriculum or meet criteria for the number of learning hours. The home education approach is flexible and can be tailored to the child’s needs, interests and learning styles.Although LAs do not receive funding for a child who is home-educated and are not legally obliged to provide any financial support for that child, they should, where possible, promote access to learning opportunities open to all children and young people in their area. It is important to keep in mind that the decision to home-educate rests with the parents. LAs and schools should respect parental choice and should not automatically exclude home-educated children and young people from the wide range of support services available, such as careers advice and youth support services. In many cases such provision is freely available and offers young people a range of informal and often accredited learning opportunities and access to support which can enhance their learning and well-being.On 30 January the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams AM, announced her intention to consult on using existing legislation to require local authorities in Wales to establish a database to assist them in identifying compulsory education aged children not on a school register, not in education otherwise than at school (EOTAS), and not receiving a suitable education. To support local authorities to assess the suitability of education provided to all children on the database, Welsh Government is developing regulations and statutory guidance.The Welsh Government is aware the introduction of the database and the Statutory Guidance could result in additional costs to the local authorities. To help inform the development of a Regulatory Impact Assessment to support the development of the regulations and statutory guidance, the Welsh Government wishes to have a clearer understanding of the level of expenditure by local authorities in meeting their existing duties in relation to elective home education (EHE). This will help to identify additional costs for local authorities to comply with the new regulations and statutory guidance once delivered.Non-statutory guidance has been issued to local authorities in respect of EHE children but there is no way of knowing exactly how many EHE children there are in Wales. The introduction of a database and Statutory Guidance will assist local authorities in identifying compulsory education aged children not on a school register, not in education otherwise than at school (EOTAS), and not receiving a suitable education. It will provide Welsh Government and local authorities with more accurate data on the number of EHE children in Wales. A formal consultation will be conducted in the spring of 2019. This approach will help local authorities to take a more strategic approach to planning and delivering support to EHE families.The Welsh Government will be strengthening the support available to home-educators, and are developing a package of educational support. This package will include making Hwb available to home-educated children, ALN support, help with exam registrations, and exploring options for home-educating families to learn Welsh and a clear offer of support from Careers Wales.The Welsh Government wishes to commission external contractors to engage with all 22 Welsh local authorities to review existing processes and practice for administration and monitoring of EHE – in term of both the providers and learners. The findings from this review will be used to inform a Cost-Benefit Analysis to be undertaken by Welsh Government Economists. The findings of this review will also be used to inform the guidance and support required by the sector from the Welsh Government.
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