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| Schedule 1, page 38, line 35, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | A decision under subsection (2) shall be made within 20 working days of the |
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| | receipt of the application from the parent by the local authority.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 38, line 35, at end insert ‘within 10 days of receiving the |
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| notification with the required information from the parent.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 39, line 2, leave out from ‘(6)’ to end of line 3. |
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| Schedule 1, page 39, leave out lines 6 and 7. |
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| Schedule 1, page 39, leave out lines 8 and 9. |
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| Schedule 1, page 39, leave out lines 15 to 17. |
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| Schedule 1, page 39, leave out lines 30 to 34. |
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| Schedule 1, page 39, leave out lines 35 to 39. |
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| Schedule 1, page 39, line 40, leave out ‘An application’ and insert ‘ A notification’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, line 4, leave out ‘in connection with an application’ and insert |
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| ‘following a notification’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, leave out lines 10 and 11. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, leave out lines 14 to 45 and insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The only information which a parent will be required to give to notify under this |
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| | Part and to have the child’s name included on the notification register is— |
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| | (b) | the child’s date of birth; |
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| | (c) | the names of the child’s parents; |
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| | (d) | the names and addresses of those with current parental responsibility; |
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| | (e) | the child’s last school, if any; |
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| | (g) | the child’s home address and place of education; |
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| | (h) | the name of the person providing home education; |
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| | (i) | contact telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, where available, for the |
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| | (j) | the details of any previous revocation of registration and of any previous |
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| | school attendance order served. |
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| | (5) | To meet the criteria required to notify and register, the parent shall not be required |
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| | to supply any information about the nature of the child’s prospective education.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, leave out lines 17 to 19. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, leave out lines 17 to 28. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, line 22, leave out from ‘which’ to ‘any’ in line 23. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, line 26, leave out from ‘provide’ to ‘prescribed’ in line 27. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, line 28, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(f) | the prescribed information mentioned in paragraph (b) shall not be |
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| | burdensome and need not require detailed curriculum or teaching plans.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 40, leave out lines 29 to 45. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 2, leave out ‘an application’ and insert ‘a notification’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 9, leave out from ‘which’ to ‘on’ in line 10 and insert |
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| ‘notification of a child’s details’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, leave out lines 12 to 24 and insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The registration period ends when— |
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| | (a) | the parent and child move to live outside the local authority area; |
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| | (b) | the child is no longer of compulsory school age; |
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| | (c) | the parent notifies the local authority that the child is no longer being |
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| | (d) | the local authority notifies the parent that a school attendance order has |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 17, leave out ‘or (c)’. |
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| | ‘(5) | If the child ceases to be of compulsory school age, the registration period ends |
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| | with the date on which the child ceases to be of compulsory school age.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 26, leave out ‘A local authority in England’ and insert |
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| ‘Where a local authority in England has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the |
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| education provided to a child whose details are entered on their home education register |
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| may not be suitable or that it would be harmful for the child’s welfare for the child to |
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| continue to be home educated, the authority’. |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would restrict monitoring powers to those cases where local authorities have |
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| | reasonable grounds for concern, as is the position in New Zealand and Ontario. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, leave out lines 28 and 29. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, leave out lines 28 to 32. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 28, leave out from ‘whether’ to end of line 29 and insert |
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| ‘a child whose name has been entered on the notification register is receiving suitable |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, leave out lines 30 and 31. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 30, leave out ‘it’ and insert ‘the education provided to a |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, leave out line 32. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 34, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | what support the child may need in relation to any special educational |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, leave out lines 35 to 38. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, leave out from beginning of line 39 to end of line 9 on page 42. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 39, leave out ‘shall’ and insert ‘may’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 41, line 40, leave out from ‘their’ to end of line 5 on page 42 and |
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| | ‘(a) | contacting the parent or educator of the child at least once during each |
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| | full year of registration; |
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| | (b) | meeting the parent of the child where this is considered appropriate; |
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| | (c) | meeting the child where this is considered necessary.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(e) | making any provision in relation to any special educational needs the |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | The Secretary of State shall establish an independent inquiry into the appropriate |
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| | definition of a suitable home education, which shall consult with all interested |
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| | parties and report no later than 31 December 2011. Until such time, no local |
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| | authority may withdraw registration for home education on the basis of— |
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| | (a) | failure to teach the National Curriculum; |
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| | (b) | failure to provide a broad and balanced curriculum; |
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| | (c) | failure to have a timetable; |
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| | (d) | failure to have premises equipped to any particular standard; |
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| | (e) | failure to have set hours during which education will take place; |
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| | (f) | failure to enter the child to achieve any specific qualifications; |
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| | (g) | failure to make detailed education plans in advance; |
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| | (h) | failure to observe school hours, days or terms; |
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| | (i) | failure to give formal lessons; |
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| | (j) | failure to mark work done by the child; |
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| | (k) | failure to formally assess progress or set development objectives; |
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| | (l) | failure to reproduce school type peer group socialisation; |
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| | (m) | failure to match school-based, age specific standards of education.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 20, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | Nothing in this section shall limit the powers of a local authority in England under |
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| | section 47 of the Children Act 1989.’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, leave out line 21 and insert ‘Removal of a child’s details from the |
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| home education register’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 22, leave out from ‘may’ to ‘the’ and insert ‘remove a |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 28, leave out from ‘respect’ to end of line 29. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 33, after ‘failure’, insert ‘reasonably’. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 34, leave out from ‘19E’ to ‘the’ in line 35. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 34, leave out from ‘19E’ to end of line 37. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, line 35, after ‘section 19E(4)’, insert ‘(and such objection is |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, leave out line 38. |
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| Schedule 1, page 42, leave out lines 40 to 43. |
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