There are many reasons parents decide to educate their child at home, like religion, personal preference, their child's specific need or as a short term intervention.

If you are educating your child at home, you need to make sure you are giving them a suitable full time education from the start of the term following their fifth birthday. See our school term dates and information about school age.

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