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<p>The Government wants children to be educated in a safe environment where they are
not exposed to hateful and extremist views that undermine British values.</p><p>The
call for evidence on out-of-school settings described:</p><p>(a) Supplementary schools
as settings which offer support or education in addition to mainstream or core learning,
and which operate after school hours and on the weekends; and</p><p>(b) Tuition centres
as settings which could often be used in place of mainstream education and support
home education, and which can operate at any time of day.</p><p>The proposals are
about making sure that where there are concerns raised by parents and others about
issues of extremism, child cruelty or inappropriate teaching in unregulated settings,
the Government can take action to protect children and empower parents.</p><p>The
call for evidence defined intensive education as anything which entails an individual
child attending a setting for more than betweensix toeight hours a week. Such settings
would be required to register with their local authority and be eligible for inspection
where concerns were reported.</p><p>Settings providing ad hoc classes or regular classes
below a specified time threshold would not be captured by the proposal. One-week holiday
clubs and Sunday schools would not, therefore, be covered. The proposal is intended
to capture settings where children receive intensive education, regardless of faith
or whether provided by a community group.</p>
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