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Rights to education for children who cannot go to school for different reasons, including sickness and pregnancy. Covers your rights to educate your child at home. For truancy see school discipline.

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Home education

You have the right to educate your child at home. As a parent, you must ensure your child receives a full-time education from the age of five.

https://www.gov.uk/home-education
GOV.UK
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Medical conditions at school

If you have a child with a medical condition, this site provides information to help you make sure they get the care they need in school. It offers schools a template medical conditions policy, a sample individual healthcare plan and advice on what it should contain, guidance on the legal situation across the UK and a process for making sure children who require education at home or in hospital get the support they need too.

http://medicalconditionsatschool.org.uk/
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School attendance and absence

As a parent you have a legal duty to make sure your children are educated. Covers attendance registers, famly holidays, sick children and children who won't go to school.

http://www.ace-ed.org.uk/advice-about-education-for-parents/attendance
Advisory Centre for Education (ACE)
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Education for children outside of school

This page provides information on the duties of schools and local authorities to provide education for children out of school because of exclusion, illness or other reasons.

https://childlawadvice.org.uk/information-pages/education-for-children-out-of-sc...
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School attendance and absence

This page provides information about the law on school attendance and the powers of the local authority in enforcing school attendance.

https://childlawadvice.org.uk/information-pages/school-attendance-and-absence/
Child Law Advice
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School attendance and absence

Information on how to get help getting your child to school and what legal action can be taken for absence. 

https://www.gov.uk/school-attendance-absence/overview
GOV.UK
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