If your child is at school and you want to home educate your child, the first thing you should do is discuss this with your child's school.
Removal from school roll
If, after this discussion, you still want to home educate, you must write to or email your child’s school and state your intention to withdraw your child from the school in order to home educate them.
If you do not do this, your child's absence from school may be recorded as an unauthorised absence and the school will need to follow their unauthorised absence procedures.
Removal from roll dates cannot be backdated, so schools can only take your child off roll when they receive your written notification. The school will then tell us, and we will contact you to find out more about your plans.
Elective home education officers
We want to ensure that the relationship between you and us is a positive and respectful one.
When you start to home educate, one of our elective home education officers will contact you to discuss your decision, your plans for home education and offer any advice and guidance.
They will also arrange meeting within 6 weeks to look at the education being provided to ensure it is suitable, full time and efficient and meets your child’s needs. It may be helpful for you to complete a plan or proposal about how you will provide your home education in advance of meeting with one of the officers.
Most people find the visit helpful, but you might prefer to meet at another venue. You could also write to us or send information by email to let us know about the provision you are making.