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Commons · Question 24478 · Tabled 16 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure parents maintain the right to home educate their children.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 24 Jan 2025
Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 sets out a parent’s right to educate otherwise than at school, i.e. to home educate. The department knows many parents work hard to provide a suitable education for their children in their home environment.