Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government to whom schools report if a pupil is taken off-roll to be home-schooled.

Parents have a duty to ensure that their children of compulsory school age are receiving suitable full-time education. Some parents may elect to educate their children at home and may withdraw them from school at any time, unless they are subject to a school attendance order.

Where a parent notifies the school, in writing, that they are home educating, the school must delete the child’s name from the admission register and inform the local council. Schools must notify the local council when a pupil’s name is to be removed from the admission register, at a non-standard transition point, as soon as the grounds for removal is met and no later than the time at which the pupil’s name is removed from the register. If parents orally indicate that they intend to withdraw their child to be home educated, the school should consider notifying the local council at the earliest opportunity.