SEND TO THE SCHOOL ONLY

Your Name
And Address

Date

School Name
School Address

Dear [Head’s name]

Re – Name of child . Date of birth.

It is after very careful consideration and discussion that we have now decided to take full responsibility for providing for our son/daughter’s education by Home Educating them in accordance with section 7 of the 1996 Education Act.

We therefore instruct school to delete [child’s name] from the school register with immediate effect, in accordance with Regulation 9(1)(f) of The School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024.

We will ensure that our son/daughter is provided with an efficient full-time education suitable to his/her age, ability, aptitude and to any special educational needs.

We are aware that the government has previously recommended schools offer a meeting/discussion to those considering home education, we have sought information from the home education organisation Educational Freedom and the decision to home educate is made, therefore a meeting with you is not necessary.

For the avoidance of doubt [childs name] last day attending school is [**insert today's date] and deregistration must be actioned as soon as this day has passed.

Yours sincerely

** if you wish to future date your deregistration you can edit the letter to state the date. We do not recommend future dating deregistration though as this can lead to the child being harassed by teachers or the school getting confused. 
if you are deregistering during a school holiday we suggest dating the deregistration the day before the start of term.