{"id":333031,"date":"2026-04-08T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/stricter-home-schooling-rules-prompt-warnings-about-overstretched-councils-homeschool-school\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:00:25","slug":"stricter-home-schooling-rules-prompt-warnings-about-overstretched-councils-homeschool-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/stricter-home-schooling-rules-prompt-warnings-about-overstretched-councils-homeschool-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Stricter home schooling rules prompt warnings about overstretched councils #homeschool #school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/u6Owl--uCgE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Stricter home schooling rules prompt warnings about overstretched councils #homeschool #school\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u6Owl--uCgE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The government plans to tighten rules on home schooling, including creating a register of all home-educated children and checking for &#8216;suitable learning environments\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Parents like Katrina Farrell, who teaches her teenage daughter Alice at home in Knaresborough, feels it is \u2018intrusive\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Alice, who is autistic, felt unsupported at primary school and says being in class felt like she was in &#8216;survival mode\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Children\u2019s Commissioner has warned that councils don\u2019t have the funding or staff to carry out new duties around home education.<\/p>\n<p>A Department for Education spokesperson said, \u201cIn 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<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government plans to tighten rules on home schooling, including creating a register of all home-educated children and checking for &#8216;suitable learning environments\u2019. 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