Is there a problem with unregistered schools?

School inspectors have warned that there are hundreds of unregistered schools but that they have few powers to investigate or shut them down.

When you think of a place that teaches groups of children - all day, every day - the word most people would use is "school".

But the law in England is surprisingly vague on what a school actually is.

More than 350 sites - suspected of being unregistered schools - have been investigated in England by education watchdog Ofsted since a specialist taskforce was set up two years ago.

Ofsted inspectors say they don't have proper powers to inspect or close them. The people running these sites say they are not schools at all.


Source : bbc