The consultations below are now closed
This page is a archive of materials relevant to past English consultations relevant to Elective Home Education. These are:
- Children Not in School [2019]
- Elective home education: call for evidence 2018 response
- Home Education – Call for Evidence and revised DfE guidance [2018]
- Integrated Communities Strategy green paper [2018]
On 2 April 2019, the Department for Education published its response to the previous year’s Call for Evidence on EHE and revised Guidance. This was accompanied by a further consultation on Children Not in School. The response to that consultation took longer than it should have done and then was delayed for around two years due to the chaos caused in the education system by the response to Covid-19. The response was finally published on 3 February 2022.
Below are links to the relevant documents and other resources.
(Note: Information on previous consultations are listed below.)
Children not in school [2019]
Closing date: 24 June 2019
Documents published in response to this consultation by the DfE – 3 February 2022
- Further plans to level up opportunities for every child – press release
- Children not in school: consultation response
- Children not in school: annex to the consultation response
- How we plan to support families who choose home education through registers of children not in school – DfE blog post
Byte concerning the response to the consultation:
- The Long Awaited Response to the CNiS Consultation (10 February)
The following documents were published as part of the consultation:
- Consultation document 634.9 KB (PDF document)
- UNCRC assessment 124.4 KB (PDF document)
- Family Test assessment 113.5 KB (PDF document)
- Equalities log 169.0 KB (PDF document)
Bytes concerning the original consultation:
- Registration but Not Monitoring – Really? (3 April)
- Humanists UK Welcomes Compulsory Home-School Register (15 April)
- Children Responding to the Current Consultation (20 May)
PDF Documents by the HE Byte Team:
- Responding to the Children not in School Consultation
- Comparison between questions on the published Consultation Document and On-line Response Form
Elective home education: call for evidence 2018 response
Elective home education: call for evidence 2018 response [PDF]
The following documents were published alongside the above.
They are listed on the following page:
Elective home education – GOV.UK [Revised Guidance]
- Elective home education: guidance for local authorities (45 pages)
- Elective home education: guidance for parents (24 pages)
- Elective home education: revised funding information for local authorities (2 pages)
Bytes commenting on the response to the 2018 consultation, the new guidance and the 2019 Children Not in School consultation:
- Registration but Not Monitoring – Really? (3 April)
- Separating the Guidance from the Consultation (12 April)
- The Basis for Changing the Landscape (26 April)
- Annex A: What Local Authorities Really Want (3 May)
- Children Responding to the Current Consultation (20 May)
- Wondering How to Respond to the Consultation? (31 May)
- Minister Responds to Written Questions on Settings (17 June)
2018
Home Education – Call for Evidence and revised DfE guidance [2018]
Closing date: 2 July 2018
Bytes:
- Home Education Consultation and Call for Evidence Launched! (11 Apr)
- MP Encourages HE Parents to Take Part in Consultation (8 May)
- Question 26 – Are there any other comments you wish to make… (11 June)
- Freedom of Information Request – Consultation Submissions (9 Aug)
PDF Documents by the HE Byte Team:
- Consultations Questions collated into a table
- Our comments on each of the thirty-eight questions
- Our suggestions for responding to just question 26
- Two-column version of both sets of draft guidelines
- Relevant extracts from the main Acts of Parliament
Integrated Communities Strategy green paper [2018]
Closing date: 5 June 2018
Our initial comment: Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper & EHE (Byte, 14 Mar)
- Integrated Communities Strategy – Making Your Response (Byte, 18 May)
- Integrated Communities Strategy – Green Paper: Question 7 (Page, 18 May)
- Integrated Communities Strategy – Green Paper: Question 8 (Page, 18 May)