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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zoe Tidman

Warning children will be ‘lost outside system’ as homeschooling soars after pandemic

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Children could be left without welfare checks due to homeschooling, the government has been warned, as new figures show a surge in the numbers being educated at home.

England’s children’s commissioner and education unions have raised concerns over the safeguarding of home-educated pupils and warned some could drop off the radar of authorities without increased protections.

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