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Recommendation 20

20 Deferred Paragraph: 76

The Department must revisit and revise key statutory guidance such as Working Together to Safeguard...

Recommendation
The Department must revisit and revise key statutory guidance such as Working Together to Safeguard Children as soon as possible, so that they explicitly contain EHE within their scope, and contain clear and consistent messages for families, local authorities and others.
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The government states it will consider including Elective Home Education (EHE) in 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' guidance at its next regular review point.
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Paragraph Reference: 76
Government Response Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract Deferred
25. The Department continues to review all key statutory guidance regularly. We will consider including EHE in Working Together to Safeguard Children at the next review point.
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