Ep 14: Home Education Law in the UK: Legal Facts, Myths and Must-Knows
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Welcome to another episode of Honey should we homeschool? Today’s episode, by request, is all about the law. A slightly dry episode, but we hope it can be of some help to you. Fair warning though, you may come out more confused than you entered!! If you do find it helpful at all, please leave us a review, it really helps us to grow the show <3
Links mentioned in the show:
England and Wales
- Education act 1996
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/contents
Parental Guidance(England) -
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ca21e22e5274a77d9d26feb/EHE_guidance_for_parentsafterconsultationv2.2.pdf
Local Authorities Guidance (England) -
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66bf6d2bdcb0757928e5bd47/Elective_home_education_departmental_guidance_for_local_authorities.pdf
Parental Guidance (Wales) -
https://www.gov.wales/elective-home-education-guidance-html
Scotland
-Education (Scotland) Act 1980
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/44/contents
Parental Guidance -
https://www.gov.scot/publications/home-education-guidance/pages/1/Northern Ireland
-Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/594/contents
Parental Guidance -
https://www.eani.org.uk/sites/default/files/2020-12/Guidelines%20for%20EHE%2023112020.pdfReal Life LA requests
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/home_ed/5102455-work-samples
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/home_ed/4314573-New-to-home-ed-How-much-interference-to-expect-from-local-authority?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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