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The Law Relating to
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Duties of the Local AuthorityThe legal duties of a Local Authority, with regards to home educators, is covered in our "The Law and the Local Authority" page.However, your Local Authority also has a duty to consult stakeholders and partners before implementing any new policies with regard to children and young people. This follows the 2004 Children Act. See particularly Children Act Part 2/General/Children's Services in England/Co-operation to Improve Wellbeing (3). In making arrangements under this section "a children's services authority in England must have regard to the importance of parents and other persons caring for children in improving the well-being of children." Obviously parents and families should be key figures in any discussions about children's education and welfare. You may only be aware of your local Home Education Advisor or "Inspector" but there is a whole tier of Children's Services which you can find out about quite easily. These people are opinion formers and executive decision makers and it is mutually beneficial for local home educators to make contact with them and to set up good channels of communication between the LA and the local home education community. Here at Freedom For Children To Grow we have a number of ideas as to how you can put this ideal into practice. We will have a regular feature and news updates on positive and inspirational success stories from people who are establishing a dialogue with their Local Authority because we believe that we all have much to learn from each other and can encourage and support each other to make the first move.
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