Schools, education and childcare Educating your child at home

Appendix 2: Questions for parents

Considerations

Use these questions and notes to prepare your approach to Home Education. It may be useful to copy and paste this table into your own document.


	Question	Supportive notes for your answer
1	What are your aspirations for your child’s home education?	This could include: GCSE / A levels College or University T levels / Apprenticeships Anything else?
2	How do you plan the activities your child completes?	This could include: You plan according to your child’s needs / interests. You follow the National Curriculum. You use a commercially available planning tool. Mixture of the above
3	How do you measure your child’s progress?	This could include: Reviewing your child’s work Testing / Quizzes Other professional e.g. tutor support with this Mixture of the above
4	Is your child working at a level that's appropriate for their age?	This could include: If you follow the National curriculum, your child is working at a level appropriate for their age. E.g. they are the same age as national Y3 and the work they complete is Y3. They are working above their age. The are working below their age.
5	Does the education you provide include a systematic approach to English and Maths in accordance with your child’s age, ability, aptitude and any SEND? If so, what are they?	This could include: Commercially available schemes / online tutoring Textbooks / online curriculum Do you include reading, writing and handwriting? How you ensure your child is making sufficient progress in English and Maths?
6	How do you provide a broad range of learning opportunities, showing a breadth and depth of knowledge across a variety of subjects, topics and disciplines. Show the appropriate resources being used	This could include: A list of all subjects studied What resources you use to deliver these subject areas How you will assess how your child is doing in these areas?
7	Does the education you provide support your child’s ongoing personal, health, social and emotional needs? Do you include relevant relationship and sex education, where appropriate?	This could include: Opportunities to meet other children outside the family Child’s hobbies / interests Relationships and Sexual Education Mental health and well-being education / support
8	Does the education you provide promote active citizenship and tolerance of others? If so, how do you do this?	This could include work on: British values Black History Month LGBT+ materials Online materials Textbooks
9	Does your child have Special Educational Needs? If so, how are you supporting these needs?	This could include: Does your child have an EHCP? Are they classed as gifted and talented? Do you have any outside support with your child’s needs?
10	Would you like to be involved with LA EHE networking?	The LA conduct a termly network / newsletter. Would you like to receive this information?
11	Are there any other adults involved in your child’s education?	Eg: Tutors EHE Groups Out of School Settings e.g. Sports / Arts clubs Supplementary Schools Online learning packages / courses
12	Please can you let us know why you have chosen elective home education for your child.	Consider all that apply: Bullying Child’s unwillingness / inability to go Covid-19 Disagreement with Sex and Relationships Education Dissatisfaction with the system Health reasons Interim whilst awaiting preferred school Not preferred school Parent / Carer desire for a closer relationship with their children Philosophical or ideological views Religious and cultural beliefs School not meeting need Short term intervention. Special needs / other
13	We would like to hear about how your child feels about their home education. If the child is able, they can answer this section themselves.	This could include: How your child feels about their home education. Whether your child would prefer to be home schooled or traditional schooling Does your child get any say in what they study?
14	Are there any issues with any schools? If so, which school/s and why?	This could include incidents that have caused you or your child distress at their last school, or that you don't feel that the local school will be able to meet your child’s needs.
15	Does your child have an appropriate space to complete their home education?	This could include dedicated quiet space to work and outside space
16	Do you have all of the appropriate equipment for your child?	Eg: books, stationery, Art and craft / Science materials. Play equipment. IT equipment with appropriate filters etc
17	Please let us know the amount of time your child is being home educated.	This could include: Sending a copy of their weekly timetable A guide of how long your child will be studying on a typical day / week
18	So that we can make as full an assessment as possible, please provide the following evidence:	Samples of your child’s work Copy of your child’s timetable Samples of reports / feedback provided by outside agencies working with your children e.g. tutor companies etc.
19	Is there any other information that will be helpful for the EHE team to know?