Education authority

[Mylifehasimploded]

I have a child who is 18 in December. She’s in year 12 at 6th form school doing A levels. She hates it, she gets no support, and the environment is toxic due to the senior leadership. She wants to leave and enrol at college to do a diploma.
this course starts September. There seems little point in attending her current school as she has no interest.
the Head is going to report to the education authority that daughter is ‘a child missing in education’ if she doesn’t attend until the end of term.
additionally, it’s a private school and needs both parents signatures to enable her to leave. My ex refuses to agree, even though he has nothing to do with her, and hasn’t seen or spoken to her for over 2 years. He also doesn’t do the long school run….I do.
I guess I’m asking 2 things:
will I get into trouble with the education authority? She has a place at college for September.
can I be forced to take her to a school she hates for the next 18 months? He is a control freak, and wants me to continue spending 3 hours a day in the car to take her to a school she doesn’t want to be at. He pays the school fees as per his wishes (I wanted to withdraw her before A levels started, but she wanted to stay at the time)

I don’t know the requirements for her to stay in education but would ‘remote learning’ be possible. Our independent school is certainly doing this for certain students for a variety of reasons. Will little pressure to actually partake.

I doubt there would be any repercussions from LA. Technically she needs to be in education or training but as she has a place for September that is unlikely to be an issue. Does she have a pt job or do online courses? Your ex may kick off at paying two terms fees for nothing though.

That should say *with little pressure to actually partake. I.e teachers are setting work and it is up to pupil/parent whether it gets done

She has a part time job. This term is paid for, you have to give a full terms notice, so to start in September notice had to be given now. If he refuses to agree, then he could force her to stay, sit A levels she will fail, and waste a year of her life. He has NO contact at all, we don’t know where he lives, but expects her to attend and me to take her.
I’m more concerned about the LA taking action to be honest because she won’t be in education for 8 weeks

Can I say I’m home schooling her?

The LA will not be at all concerned about a 17 year old and as long as you give the required notice with regards to fees the school cannot do anything.