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<p>The information requested is not held centrally. The department does not hold information
on the number of children who are home educated. It is not possible to make any overall
assessment of the number of children who are educated at home and of those, the number
who have been excluded from school.</p><p> </p><p>Parents have a right to educate
their child at home. That choice should be one made freely by the parent, without
pressure from a school whether by exclusion or other means.</p><p> </p><p>Head teachers
can only exclude pupils, either permanently or for a fixed period, for disciplinary
reasons. The process that head teachers must follow is set out in statutory guidance,
which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusion"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusion</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>Data on fixed period and permanent exclusion decisions is published annually
and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a>.</p>
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