Home educated children must receive full time education from the start date of what would be the school term following their 5th birthday, if they were in school. Compulsory education continues .your decision to home educate or if you are interested in receiving more information. Please state your child's full name, date of birth, date when it is proposed that home education will commence and where applicable, the name of the last school attended.If your child is in school you must formally de-register by writing to the headteacher and say that you intend to teach your child at home. Your child will then be removed from the roll and the headteacher will inform the local education authority.Failure to notify the school in writing of your intentions to educate at home could result in prosecution for failing to ensure their attendance.

If your child has never been to school, you do not have to take any action prior to starting home education but it would be appreciated if you would inform the ensure that your child's record is updated and to prevent a place being allocated for him or her in a school.