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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Home schooling laws to be tightened up after murder of Sara Sharif

Sara Sharif
The children’s wellbeing and schools bill will introduce registers to keep track of children not in school, while parents seeking to educate their child at home will face greater scrutiny. Photograph: Surrey Police/PA

Measures to tighten up home schooling in England in the wake of 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s murder at the hands of her father and stepmother are to be unveiled in a bill before parliament on Tuesday.

The children’s wellbeing and schools bill will enable the government to introduce registers to identify and keep track of children not in school, while parents seeking to educate their child at home will face greater scrutiny.

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