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England consults on how registers for children outside school should work

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13 Nov 2026, 1:20 pm IST1 min read

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England’s Department for Education opened a consultation on 12 November on draft guidance for registers of children outside school. The guidance and proposed regulations would put into practice measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026.

The department is asking who should be included, what details should be recorded and which education providers should be required to supply information. It is also seeking views on a pilot in which a meeting would be mandatory before a child is withdrawn from school for home education.

The consultation invites responses from home-educating parents, councils, schools and other organisations. It closes on 3 February 2027.

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Credit: UK Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Summarised/translated by KROV · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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