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Home Education: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering free GCSE exams to children studying under Elective Home Education across England.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
18 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering free GCSE exams to children studying under Elective Home Education across England.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 May 2026

    Answer published

    The government provides funding to state schools and colleges, which covers examination entries for students who are on roll. When a parent chooses to educate their child outside of the school system, for any reason, they take full responsibility of their...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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