Child's right to education?

Does a child in the UK have a complete right to an education?

If so, how would the parents go about enforcing this right?

Thanks

I'm asking relating to a very poorly child who cannnot attend school and is not being offered any alternative arrangements.

If they have public eduaction in the UK, I would thing every child has a right to it.

This question has me interested. Why would a child not be given the right to an education? That baffles me.

Whether or not it happens, every child anywhere deserves the right to a good education. Living in the United States, I am unfamiliar with how things work in the U.K.

Yes, children do have a right to an education.

How to enforce it? Apply to a school!!!!!!!

This is a right enshrined in the Human Rights Convention, to which the UK is a signatory. The thrust of your question is not quite clear. There is no right, for example, to select the precise school at which the child will be educated: it is a matter of applying and hoping that he will be accepted at the school chosen for him by his parents. Where a child has been excluded from school, the local authority has a duty to provide some means of education, normally by private tutors visiting the home. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Pare...
Having read the rider to your question, perhaps this link will help. http://www.cafamily.org.uk/assess.html

yes every child of school age does have a right to it-you need to be kicking up a fuss with your local LEA then your mp then the papers until someone listens to you

I believe western societies have pretty-much agreed that it's in everyone's best interest for all citizens to have a low degree of early life education, but calling it a 'right' is a bad idea. Still, the important point of this subject, to me, is to keep any government entity from dictating curriculum, rather than simply recommending it. As soon as we allow government to begin mandating anything of a social nature they inevitably go too far.

Read this fully as there's too much to copy & paste here http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Scho...

Yes they do. All children have a legal right to education in the UK, withholding education from a child is actually against the law (a parent who fails to send their child to school is breaking the law).

If you follow this to its logical conclusion, a child who is not well enough to go to school should have the right to a tutor or help to be educated at home/in hospital.

I would seek legal advice on this matter. If your LEA is refusing this help they are in breach of UK law and are withholding education from a child in the same way that a parent who fails to send or prevents a child from attending school.

Contact your local education authority. If you do not get satisfaction see a lawyer.

Every child has a complete right to an education and we have fought our own Borough on this particular issue. You don't mention if the child is disabled but if so, I would contact SNAP as a first option - you will find their number in the yellow pages. You can also enlist assistance from a solicitor, an advocate, or I believe from The Local Government Ombudsman. The Citizen Advice Bureau should also be able to advise you with regards to this issue.