Safeguarding children educated at home | NSPCC Learning

This NSPCC Learning policy report examines safeguarding challenges for children who are home-educated. Home-educated children may face unique vulnerabilities and oversight gaps compared to those in school settings. The report explores how child protection systems can better identify and respond to risks for this population.

Key points

• Home-educated children are not routinely monitored by school-based safeguarding systems
• Safeguarding challenges are specific to the home education context
• The report identifies policy gaps in protecting home-educated children

Limitations

The abstract does not provide specific findings, evidence, or data about the nature and scale of safeguarding risks for home-educated children, nor does it indicate whether the report evaluated any interventions.