Parents are allowed to choose to make their own arrangements for their child/young person’s education under s.7 Education Act 1996. This includes choosing to electively home educate their child/young person.

Where a parent chooses to elective home educate Local Authority (LA) are not obliged to fund Special Educational Provision as long as parent has made ‘suitable alternative arrangements’ which need not be the same as what was set out in any EHCP produced by the LA, but they must still be “suitable”

LA must review the EHCP annually, through an Annual Review, to ensure provision is appropriate.