Flexi-schooling

Some parents or carers may decide to provide a suitable education for their child at home, rather than enrolling their child at a school. This is known as home schooling or Elective Home Education.

The parent or carer takes full responsibility for the education of the child.

There is a legal right to school placement and to Elective Home Education.

Flexi-schooling

Flexi-schooling is not the same as home schooling or Elective Home Education.

Parents or carers who request flexi-attendance are asking for a pattern of provision which will involve both attendance at school and times when the child will receive educational provision at home. Flexi-schooling is full-time, although the provision may be split.

Flexi-schooling is also different from temporary part-time attendance arrangements. Such arrangements are monitored and reviewed with the intention that the child be returned to full-time attendance as soon as possible.

Arrangements for flexi-schooling can only be made at the request of a parent or carer with parental responsibility. This is not an arrangement that can be initiated by the school.

There is no legal right to flexi-schooling.

Headteachers can refuse to agree to flexi-schooling requests and there is no right of appeal against the decision.