Children who are home-schooled will get their own unique tracking number under a new law aimed at protecting youngsters like Sara Sharif.
The system will help councils keep track of children who were previously caught in ‘blind spots’ when they were deregistered from school.
In future, all home-educated children must be recorded on a register with their local council, which will then generate an ID number.
This can then be used to track the child across education, health and social care, making sure they do not ‘fall through the cracks’.
Ministers are introducing the measure under new powers contained in the Children’s Wellbeing and
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