Falling ill late in the school year no longer automatically closes the door to home tuition in the Valencian Community. The rules for 2026–27 allow applications to be assessed after the ordinary deadline where a pupil has a chronic illness or faces properly justified unforeseen circumstances. This gives families a route to support when fewer than two months of classes remain.
The regional government highlighted the measure on Saturday 5 September, as reported by Europa Press. The rules themselves were published in July. The resolution dated 24 July, published in the DOGV official gazette on 29 July, retains the general application window, from the start of the school year until two months before its end. Section four adds the exception once that window has closed. It does not abolish the deadline for every applicant.
A medical report starts the application, not the tuition
The service is intended for pupils prescribed more than two months of recovery at home. It also covers chronic illnesses involving intermittent periods of recovery expected to extend over at least four months. The medical report must explain the serious effect on the pupil and the health risk of attending school. It is required evidence, but the education authority decides whether to approve the support.
Families should inform the pupil’s form tutor and submit the application and medical report to the school office. The headteacher processes the application and passes the decision on to the family. While it is being assessed, the school must arrange initial educational support, with the tutor coordinating teachers so that the pupil can continue learning and stay in touch with classmates.
Where recovery is expected to take less than two months, the rules make the school responsible for planning and providing educational support without starting this procedure to assign a home tutor.
Returning to school is part of the support
The scheme covers residents of the Valencian Community enrolled in public or publicly subsidised private schools in the stages specified by the resolution. These range from the second cycle of preschool to Bachillerato, subject to its age and stage conditions, and include special education. Mental health cases and Bachillerato have specific procedures. The deadline exception leaves these eligibility rules in place.
Families must provide a suitable space and ensure an adult is at home during lessons. The home tutor works with the pupil’s school, including on preparations for returning to the classroom. Approval lasts for the school year in which it is granted; a fresh application is needed if support is still required the following year.
Regional government figures reported by Europa Press put the number of pupils receiving home tuition in the completed school year at 295. The announcement gives no specific timetable for assigning teachers to new applicants. For each family, the next milestone is the decision delivered by their school and, if approved, the date lessons at home actually begin.
School supplies in a stock photograph; this does not depict a home tuition session. TheUltimateGrass / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0.
