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...amid surge in pupils leaving mainstream education
Children’s Commissioner warns that 60,000 children, many with special educational needs, are permanently out of school as more families feel they have no choice but to home educate.
By May Bulman
The number of children being taken out of school to be home educated has surged in recent years, prompting calls for greater supervision of youngsters not in mainstream education.
The Children’s Commissioner warned that 60,000 children, many of whom are vulnerable or have special educational needs, are permanently out of school and therefore effectively ‘off the grid’.
Research by Anne Longfield shows the number of children who are known by councils to be home educated was 27 per cent higher in 2018 than in 2017, and has risen by 20 per cent in each of the last five years – doubling since 2013 – 14.
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