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Educating your child at home

In this section

  1. Elective Home Education (EHE)
  2. The legal position on Elective Home Education
  3. Making sure your child receives an education
  4. Taking your child out of school
  5. Home education and special educational needs
  6. Working with the Council
  7. Ceasing Elective Home Education for your child
  8. You are here: Elective Home Education Support

Elective Home Education Support

Elective Home Education support is available to all school age children in Rotherham. This includes children who are educated at home.

Rotherham's Children's Public Health Nursing Service (0-19) 

Most children, young people and families in Rotherham thrive with access to universal services such as GP’s or school, but some families may need to access additional short-term support to address a specific problem, or may require more intensive, longer-term support, when experiencing increasingly complex issues. Families can self-refer to Rotherham’s Early Help Service for advice and support.

Early Help

The law around child employment is the same for home educated children. Children cannot be employed if they are under age 13. Children of school age must have permission from the Council to work. There are also other legal restrictions on employing children

Find out about child employment

 

  • Previous page: Ceasing Elective Home Education for your child

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