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>
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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>
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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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusion<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Data on fixed period and permanent exclusion decisions is published annually and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1007863/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The accompanying table provides the numbers of exclusions in academies and other state-funded schools in England in academic years 2014/15 to 2016/17, and the percentage of the total in academies.<\/p> Table 14 of the \u2018National tables\u2019 data can be found within the \u2018Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2016 to 2017\u2019 release. This table includes information on exclusions in academies and other state-funded schools, including exclusion rates. The full release is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017<\/a>.<\/p>