The children's commissioner says a child should not be home-educated if concerns have been raised.
Parents should not be allowed to home-educate a child if it is believed the child is suffering abuse, the Children's Commissioner for England has said.
On Wednesday, Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, were convicted of Sara's murder after a trial heard they had subjected her to two years of horrific abuse. Around an hour after landing, Sharif called police in England and told the operator that he had killed Sara. The government is currently planning a Children's Wellbeing Bill that it says will make "changes to ensure children are safe, healthy, happy and treated fairly".Dame Rachel said the bill should introduce a register of all children being educated at home, which does not currently exist.
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