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Impact assessment of the Badman proposals on Elective Home Education.
Michael Crawshaw July 2009
 
This report was commissioned by the Home Education Advisory Service.
Its author is a financial analyst and management consultant. He was formerly a Head of Research for Citigroup.
 
Executive summary
 
Minimum cost estimate of £60-150m pa increase in state education spending; arising primarily from a requirement that education authorities put in place a new layer of administration to pull home education under the state umbrella.
Only 8% of these costs to provide practical support such as paying for exam fees and opening up school facilities to home educated children.
Central estimate of a £120-300m pa increase in the state education budget.
Worst case scenario costing over £500m pa if the proposals lead to a virtual extinction of the home educating population and thus a rise in the state education population by approximately 45,000 children.