"Elective" Home-education: choice or necessity?

点击翻译按钮获取中文摘要

This research seeks to understand the increase in adolescents deregistering from school in the SouthCoast region. Government research shows families cite dissatisfaction with school as the main reason forderegistration. The research will establish what families mean by dissatisfaction, and whetherderegistration has an impact on access to further and higher education.In the South Coast, the numbers of elective home-education (EHE) families are high, with three of the top10 Local Authorities (LAs) by percentage of registered home-educators in the region. UK rates ofadolescent deregistration rose by 38% last year.Guiding research questions are:1. How many home-educating adolescents in the South Coast region are being home-educated becauseof dissatisfaction with school?2. What comprises this dissatisfaction and what impact do relationships with LAs have?3. Is there a disadvantage to these cohorts regarding access to further and higher education?Using data in the National Pupil Database and that held at LA level, the research will conduct andcompare case studies of adolescents within specific localities with high deregistration rates andvariations in access to further and higher education. These localities will be identified through analysis ofthe OfS POLAR4 quintile data within LA regions and the adolescents will be identified through socialnetworks.South Coast Schools, FE Colleges, regional Universities, and LAs will be asked to complete questionnairesand surveys to understand regional perspectives on deregistration, with a smaller sample selected forfollow-up interviews on the nature of their relationships with adolescents and their families.