The sentence “this should not be taken as implying that it is the responsibility of parents under s.436A to ‘prove’ that education at home is suitable” no longer appears in the new draft home education guidance for local authorities. What does this mean for home educators? Read more here https://edyourself.org/will-parents-have-to-prove-suitable-education/ The Starting Page for the consultation with links to all documents and all the consultation pages on my site is here https://edyourself.org/2023-consultation-revised-ehe-guidance/ CLOSES 18.1.24.
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