The Education Select Committee says that a national register of home-schooled children is ‘essential’ as there is an ‘astonishing’ lack of data.
Last month, the education secretary Gavin Williamson said he was ‘absolutely committed’ to a register of home-educated children, and its introduction was ‘imminent’.
Nursery World has contacted the Department for Education for further information.
It comes as reports suggest the number of children being home-schooled has risen since the coronavirus pandemic.
In its new report, ‘Strengthening Home Education’, the Committee argues that despite ‘the law stating parents have a duty to ensure their children receive a suitable education whether in school or otherwise, a lack of data means the Government is unable to say ‘with confidence that a suitable education is being provided to every child.’
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