On January 7th 2026 the government tabled amendments to the Wellbeing Bill setting out details of a pilot scheme with a limited number of local authorities requiring parent AND CHILD to meet the LA before a child could be deregistered for home education. Assuming worst case scenario this passes into law, it will probably be 2028 before this starts. NEW PAGE HERE https://edyourself.org/pilot-mandatory-meeting/
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NEW post https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/changes-to-child-benefit-rules-post-16/ My updated Child Benefit page is here https://edyourself.org/child-benefit/ and my updated Universal Credit page is here https://edyourself.org/universal-credit/
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