Third Report - Strengthening Home Education
Select Committee
Education Committee
HC 84
26 July 2021
Government response
Strengthening Home Education: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report · published 26 Oct 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
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Recommendation
Acknowledged
Para 59
We urge the Government to publish its SEND Review without further delay, and will look...
Recommendation
We urge the Government to publish its SEND Review without further delay, and will look forward to scrutinising any proposals it makes.
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the SEND Review is underway, aiming to improve the SEND system, and states it will make recommendations 'in due course' without committing to a specific publication timeline.
Department for Education
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Recommendation
Acknowledged
The SEND Review must address the need for consistent and sufficient support for children with...
Recommendation
The SEND Review must address the need for consistent and sufficient support for children with SEND, no matter how they are educated. Access to Education, Health and Care Plans and the support they offer should not depend on being on …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the ongoing SEND Review, stating it aims to ensure a consistent, high-quality, and integrated SEND system and will make recommendations in due course, without directly confirming it will address support for SEND children regardless of education setting.
Department for Education
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Recommendation
Acknowledged
We heard that parents receive more support from networks than they do from local authorities,...
Recommendation
We heard that parents receive more support from networks than they do from local authorities, but without the robust data that a register would provide we cannot know for certain whether everyone who needs support is able to access it. …
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Government Response Summary
The government refers to its commitment to a registration system for children not in school, noting that decisions on its implementation may include training packages for local authority officers, without making a firm commitment to provide such training.
Department for Education
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