The government plans to tighten rules on home schooling, including creating a register of all home-educated children and checking for ‘suitable learning environments’.
Parents like Katrina Farrell, who teaches her teenage daughter Alice at home in Knaresborough, feels it is ‘intrusive’.
Alice, who is autistic, felt unsupported at primary school and says being in class felt like she was in ‘survival mode’.
The Children’s Commissioner has warned that councils don’t have the funding or staff to carry out new duties around home education.
A Department for Education spokesperson said, “In the vast majority of cases, children achieve and thrive best in schools, although we recognise that home education can be the right choice for some families
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