Under Section 7 of the Education Act 1996, every parent has the legal responsibility for ensuring that their child of compulsory school age receives:

"an efficient, full-time education suitable:

(a) to their age, ability and aptitude, and
(b) to any special educational needs he/she may have, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise"

In making the decision whether or not to electively home educate, it may be helpful to consider these points:

• your long term education goals for your child
• how you will give an efficient full time education to your child that is suitable to their age and ability
• how you will find the time and personal capacity needed to provide that education
• whether you will be able to meet the financial responsibilities required for EHE
• how you will keep your child engaged in learning
• how you will choose what to teach your child and how to teach it
• whether your home gives enough space and quiet for an appropriate learning environment
• what will happen to your child's education if you are unable to provide it for a short or long period
• whether your child will sit any exams such as GCSEs and if so, how they will learn the content they need for the exams
• where your child will take any exams you choose for them to take
• what your child thinks about EHE and whether they want to leave school and be educated at home
• how you will make sure your child has opportunities to make friends, socialise and look after their physical and mental wellbeing

You will still be able to access the school nursing service for your child when you move to elective home education, however you will have to pay for other associated costs such as sitting exams or hiring private tutors.

Make sure any tutors or paid volunteers involved in your child's education at home are safe to work with children and have a full disclosure and enhanced barring service clearance (DBS). 

You also need to make sure that you abide by child employment regulations if you want to want your child to have work experience.

You can ask a school if your child can be taught there part-time, but schools do not have to agree to this.