After reading a few rather daft answers to another question I thought I'd clear up some obvious confusion. Education is compulsory. School in the UK is not. You do not have to inform your Local Authority if you wish to home-educate. You do have to send a deregistration letter to the head teacher of your child's school. You can deregister your child at any time and at any age. You do not have to follow the National Curriculum. Autonomous education is valid and is accepted. Some L.A.s will ask you to provide an outline of your 'educational philosophy'. They have no right to enter your home in order to check the standard of education you are providing. You do not have to be a teacher to home-ed. Your child does not have to attend nursery. If you are already encouraging your child's education and development while they are babies/toddlers then all you do is continue as you are. They will learn - they can't help it! http://www.education-otherwise.org/ Sorry, not true. The Local Authority have no legal right to test your child. They can 'ask' all they like but as long as you satisfy the criteria by providing an ed-phil of your methods by letter, then they have no other right of access to your child. Some L.A.s insist and some parents capitulate because either it is the easier route or they feel okay about it. Some parents like the support they can get from their L.A.
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They have no right to enter you home to see what you are teaching your child but they can bring a parent to court if they think their home-education is failing the child. And, if you won't let them in your home, they may well ask you come to them to them to test your child is receiving a rounded-education.
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