Parents have the right to home educate their child with Special Educational Needs (SEN), at home.

By law children who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) can be home educated like any other child. Where parents have chosen to home educate a child with an EHCP and the Elective Home Education Support officer is satisfied that the arrangements made by the parents are suitable, they will amend the EHCP to name Elective Home Education in section I. 

If your child is at a special school, SENSTART Team will need to give permission for your child to be home educated. They will share your child’s EHCP plan with you, and you will need to make sure that you can meet the outcomes of it. You will need to contact your child’s school directly to explain that you would like to home educate your child.

The Local Authority have a duty to review the EHCP each year to check that the support set out in it continues to meet the child’s special educational needs.