Dear C Murton

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Your request for information has now been considered and the information requested is enclosed.

Question

I would like to know the number of persons in the local authority of compulsory school age who are, or claimed to be, electively home educated and who have been either suspected or found to be involved in child abuse, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic servitude.

Answer

There are no electively home educated persons of compulsory school age who have been found to be involved in child abuse, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic servitude. For your information, there are currently 36 children of statutory school age in home education.

Question

How many (if any) Serious Case Reviews or Joint Area Reviews have reported with respect to home educated children in the LA?

Answer

There are no Serious Case Reviews around this subject. Slough's Joint Area Review did not report on home educated children. If you would like to access information on the Joint Area Review in Slough please visit:

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxcare_providers/la_view/(leaid)/871

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact the Freedom of Information Officer at Slough Borough Council, Town Hall, Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3UQ, telephone 01753 875070, email [email address].

For further information you can also contact the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

However if you wish to complain about this response the Commissioner would usually expect you to have exhausted the Council complaints procedure before contacting them.

Yours sincerely

Paul Brotherton

Information Management Officer

Education and Children's Services