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Education Otherwise page on Government's latest legislative proposals, updated February 2010

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Friday 8 August

New Consultation: Changing Statutory Guidance on CME with Regard to Home Education

As we indicated here on July 14th, the Government has been looking for ways to amend the 2007 statutory guidance on Children Missing Education to give greater powers to local authorities. The consultation was launched yesterday and you can find details here.

The consultation paperwork confirms that the DCSF has been talking to local authorities and asking them what they would like changed in the statutory guidance. The full consultation which we now see is the latest public stage in this process. Home education support organisations were not informed and we only learned of the pre-consultation workshops after the event. Education Otherwise will be writing to DCSF Home Education Department and Children Missing Education Team and also to BERR to highlight the complete lack of prior engagement with stakeholders which contravenes the new consultation code. You can find out more about BERR here.

Question 6 asks:

"Does the guidance make clear the duties and powers that local authorities have in relation to home educated children when parents are not providing them with a suitable education?"
The main document you need to read is the revised statutory guidance. The EO Campaign Site will shortly be putting up a webpage pointing out the main differences between the current guidance and the proposed new guidance and setting out some of the implications for home educators.

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