Readers may have been intrigued by a short piece in the Kilburn Times today about the growth of home education in Brent. This resulted from FoI requests by Oxford Home Schooling.
This is the pattern for the whole of London:
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The boroughs that have experienced most growth in the last 10 years are:
This is the pattern for the whole of London:
- Newham (686% increase)
- Hackney(323% increase)
- Ealing (304% increase)
- Brent (214% increase)
- Lewisham (212% increase)
FOI 5758896: Elective Home Education | |||
School year | Year | ||
2006 | 2011 | 2016 | |
Reception | 10 | 14 | 2 |
1 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
2 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
3 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
4 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
5 | 9 | 14 | 32 |
6 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
7 | 6 | 10 | 34 |
8 | 8 | 12 | 27 |
9 | 20 | 9 | 25 |
10 | 12 | 9 | 23 |
11 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
Total | 92 | 127 | 289 |
The legal position is that education is compulsory but schoooling is not. Read more HERE
Once your child is registered at a school attendance is compulsory.