HE and Special Educational Needs - 4
Will I get financial help from the LA?
Parents who choose to electively home educate their children assume financial responsibility for their education. This is set out in paragraphs 5.1- 5.2 of Elective home education: Guidelines for local authorities. There is a mechanism for funding, but as it is at the discretion of the LA, in practice funding is rarely available.
Funding may be available where an LA provides significant financial support for a home educated young person in two specific circumstances. These are, first, where the young person has SEN and secondly where the young person attends further education college to take GCSEs or other courses. It is for the LA to decide whether to fund the provision: they have the discretion to do so but are not required to do so.
Where significant financial support is being provided, the LA can claim funding from the Department through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). The Department has sought to make clear to LAs the circumstances in which they can count home educated pupils for the purposes of funding through the DSG. Revised guidance for the Alternative Provision Census on 21 January 2010 was sent to LAs on 26 November 2009.
Useful contacts for SEN and disabilities:
He-Special: www.he-special.org.uk
IPSEA: http://www.ipsea.org.uk/
Anne McLean at Maxwell Gillott: http://www.maxwellgillott.com/
SOS!SEN: http://www.sossen.org.uk/
| File | Description | File size |
|---|---|---|
 DeregE&W.pdf; | Letter of deregistration from mainstream school | 48 Kb |
| DeregSpecSchl.pdf | Letter of deregistration from Special School | 52 Kb |