Home Education
(asked on 1st February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of regional school commissioners' powers for identifying unregistered pupils being taught at home.
This question was answered on 9th February 2016
The role of Regional Schools Commissioners is to work with school leaders to promote and monitor academies and free schools. The list of their responsibilities does not include unregistered pupils or home education.