The appointment is available for 12 months with the potential to extend to 2 years based on business need.

The post holder will join the Department for Education’s Elective Home Education team to support the implementation of the Children Not in School measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026. They will have a lead role in designing, developing and delivering a training package for local authority Elective Home Education teams to assist them in carrying out their new duties under the Act, including:

• Registration of Children Not in School
• Considering registered children’s home and other learning environments and sensitively carrying out home visits
• Providing support to home educating families
• Where required, making decisions as to whether children can be removed from school for home education.