PARENTS of children known to social services will be banned from home schooling without special permission as part of a crackdown.

Ministers say rules for parents teaching their children at home have been “too lax for too long”.

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And fear that there are not enough measures in place to protect vulnerable children from the worst forms of abuse.

It also comes amid fears that some children are ending up in illegal and dodgy schools.

Under the plans, parents will lose the right to homeschool their children if social workers investigate potential harm or if the child is placed in a protection plan.

Adults who do not take their children to school will be fined or taken to court.

Work also plans to introduce long-delayed home schooling records after thousands of “ghost children” left the system during the pandemic.

Estimates suggest more 90,000 children were homeschooled last year, up from 80,000 the year before.

Reforms carried out by Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson should be revealed next week.

A government source said: “The rules around home schools have been too lax for too long – it’s time to be tougher to protect children who could be at risk.

“This government is making sure children get the care they need – stopping them dropping out of school, getting drawn into gangs and ending up on the wrong side of prison doors.

“After years of drift and neglect, we are doing the right thing for these children and the right thing for the communities. »