The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation - Children not in school: proposed legislation

This consultation  document seeks views on a number of proposals for legislation and the way in which those proposals would be implemented:

• the introduction of a duty on local authorities to maintain a register of children of compulsory school age who are not registered at schools of a specified type;
• the introduction of a duty on parents to provide information to their home local authority if their children are within the scope of such a register;
• the introduction of a duty on education settings attended by the children on the register to respond to enquiries from local authorities about the education provided to individual children. The settings in scope would not include those providing supplementary education outside school hours;
• the introduction of a duty on local authorities to provide support to home educating families - if it is requested by such families.

For further information and details on how to respond, please visit the Department for Education website. The deadline for submissions is 24 June 2019