Home schooling or Elective Home Education?

During the months of lockdown, schools were closed to most pupils and children were 'home-schooled' (educated at home).

This is not the same as Elective Home Education (EHE). EHE is when a parent chooses not to send their child to school full-time and assumes responsibility for making sure their child receives a full-time education other than at school. Some children are electively home educated from age 5 and may never attend school. In other cases, a child may be removed from their school’s roll for EHE.

Last month, the Department for Education (DfE) published advice for parents considering Elective Home Education (EHE). The advice makes clear the distinction between home-schooling, during the period where schools were closed due to the pandemic and EHE. The advice also highlights the implications of withdrawing children and young people from school and the challenge involved in providing EHE.

The DfE advice is designed to be shared with parents, schools, social workers and local authorities (LAs), where the option of EHE is raised.

You can find the advice here: https://dfemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/10/20/all-you-need-to-know-about-home-schooling-and-elective-home-education-ehe/

Parents schooling their children at home will find helpful online learning resources from the Oak Academy at https://classroom.thenational.academy/specialist