Home Education: Assessments
Commons · Question 112752 · Tabled 11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the financial impact of participating in GCSE exams on home-schooled students.
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 23 Feb 2026
Parents who choose to educate children at home bear the financial responsibility for doing so, including covering the costs of their exam entry. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will not change this.However, the Bill does introduce a new support ...