Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has felt the need to defend a review of home education in England following messages people have sent him.

He said in his MP’s blog that he believed the review, by Graham Badman, had been fair and balanced.

Home education was "a well-established and important part of the education system", he said.

But the government wants to register and monitor home educating parents and bar those it deems unsuitable.

Mr Balls said there had to be action following a "small but worrying" number of cases in which children had suffered harm.

"I thought it crucial that the review found the appropriate balance between two important principles, and I believe Graham Badman achieved this," he said.

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