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The government has set out plans to register all children educated at home

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The Government is planning to compile a register of all homeschooled children in England.

Under the proposals, which will be subject to a 12-week consultation, “it will be parents’ responsibility to register their child if they are not being taught in a state-funded or registered independent school”, reports The Guardian.

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