EHE department -suitable education

Tania Berlow made this Freedom of Information request to Blackpool Borough Council

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From: Tania Berlow

2 August 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I read that you currently have about 80 children registered as
Electively Home Educated.
Therefore for the purposes of this FOI request , these children are
either de-registered from a school or have never been registered
with a school.

A) I would like to know of these children how many are there where
the visiting person has concerns that a 'suitable' education is
being provided?

B) I would also appreciate it if this information could be broken
down into categories:
1)whether they feel that no education is taking place?
2)whether they feel that the philosophy of education is inadequate
-for example in the case of autonomous or child led learning , that
particular child is not appearing to be learning 'enough'?
3)whether there are concerns because the family have not
implemented a structured approached?
4)or whether the fact that the national Curriculum is not being
followed is causing concern?

C)If there are children in the above 4 categories , please indicate
if further steps are being taken- for example , issuance of a
School Attendance Order?

D)Please also indicate if any any Education Supervision Orders are
currently in court for this population.?

E) Please can you confirm whether any children who fit into the
above categories of concern about 'educational provision
suitability' would also therefore be referred to Social Services?

F) Lastly is it possible in your Local Authority that Social
Services are involved with a family but that The EHE department do
not know of this involvement (This involvement would be on an
on-going basis rather than a one off referral which is found to be
of no genuine concern)

Yours faithfully,

Tania Berlow

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From: Customer First
Blackpool Borough Council

3 August 2009

Dear Tania Berlow

Thank you for your email dated...02 August 2009

So that we can deal with your enquiry, your email has been sent to: -

Department: Management Information Team

This Department will now deal with your enquiry.

If you have any further queries, please contact Customer First by:-

Email [Blackpool Borough Council request email]
Telephone 01253 477477
Facsimile 01253 478808
Web site www.blackpool.gov.uk

Or visit the Customer First Centre on Corporation Street Blackpool FY1
1NA.

We are open:-
Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm for Face to Face enquiries
Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm for telephone enquiries on 01253 477477.
Saturdays 9am to 2pm for Face to Face and Telephone enquiries

Please note our busiest times are Mondays and Fridays and over lunchtime
(12pm to 2pm).

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From: MIT(Educ)
Blackpool Borough Council

27 August 2009

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I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search for
the information you requested on 2/8/09.

A copy of the information you requested is attached.

If you have a complaint about the handling of your request you may
ask for an internal review and you should submit this in writing
to: Council Complaint, Blackpool Council, PO Box 50, Town Hall,
Blackpool, FY1 1NA.

If you have any queries about this letter you can contact me, or
write to: FOI, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NA. Please remember to
quote your reference number when you contact us.

Yours sincerely

Jon Williams
Principal Management Information Officer
Management Information Team - Business Support Division
Children & Young People's Department
Blackpool Council
Tel: 01253 476151
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From: Tania Berlow

27 August 2009

Dear MIT(Educ),
could you please quantify how many children are considered not to
be recieving a suitable education?

Also if a parent decides not to accept a home visit does this LA
always consider this cause for concern even if a submission to the
lA by the parents with a plan of education has been supplied?
thank you

Yours sincerely,

Tania Berlow

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From: Tania Berlow

3 September 2009

Dear MIT(Educ),
thank you for the response.

could you please clarify what you mean when you say you have
concerns if you have not met with children.
is this also the case with families who refuse a visit but do
provide written evidence of a satisfactory education and is it also
the case if there is a visit in a neutral place with the parent but
not in the home and is it also the case if the parent meets with
the visiting person but the child is not present- or are there only
concerns when there have been no other attempts from the family to
provide information in written form, despite efforts of the LA to
contact them?
thank you

Yours sincerely,

Tania Berlow

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From: MIT(Educ)
Blackpool Borough Council

11 September 2009

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Following your email, received on 28/8/09, a copy of the additional
information you requested is attached.
If you have a complaint about the handling of your request you may ask for
an internal review and you should submit this in writing to: Council
Complaint, Blackpool Council, PO Box 50, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NA.
If you have any queries about this information you can email us or contact
FOI, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NA. Please remember to quote reference
number MITLB/TB2 when you contact us.

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Jon Williams
Principal Management Information Officer
Management Information Team - Business Support Division
Children & Young People's Department
Blackpool Council

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From: Tania Berlow

11 September 2009

Dear MIT(Educ),

thnak you for the response. Unless I hear back that there are an
actual number of concerns, I will input that there are no concerns
for education however you have concerns if child not seen.
Yours sincerely,

Tania Berlow

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From: MIT(Educ)
Blackpool Borough Council

14 September 2009

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Please refer to the response already sent which clearly states the
number of our EHE pupils who have received further visits due to
concerns around appropriateness and quality of provision.

Margaret Cunliffe
Diversity Supportive Learning Consultant Diversity Learning Team
Learning and Achievement Progress House Clifton Rd Blackpool
FY4 4US
Tel: 01253 476789

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From: Tania Berlow

14 September 2009

Dear MIT(Educ),

thank you for the information but I assure you the actual numbers
were not included in either previous responses.

Yours sincerely,

Tania Berlow

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From: Tania Berlow

14 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews. I asked for a number of children where there
are educational concerns and asked for the reasons why. The
response came in 2 parts. the forst was vague and did not mention
numbers but only said that mainly it was becasue of lack of visit.
The second response gave me a number but has not broken it down
into figures- so possibly all 15 concerns are due to a lack of
visit whihc as it currently stands is within every parents right to
refuse unless you have reason to believe there are concerns.

I am writing to request an internal review of Blackpool Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'EHE department -suitable
education'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/eh...

Yours faithfully,

Tania Berlow

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From: Customer First
Blackpool Borough Council

15 September 2009

Dear Tania Barlow

Thank you for your email dated...14 September 2009

So that we can deal with your enquiry, your email has been sent to: -

Department: Corporate Applications Support Service

This Department will now deal with your enquiry.

If you have any further queries, please contact Customer First by:-

Email [Blackpool Borough Council request email]
Telephone 01253 477477
Facsimile 01253 478808
Web site www.blackpool.gov.uk

Or visit the Customer First Centre on Corporation Street Blackpool FY1
1NA.

We are open:-
Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm for Face to Face enquiries
Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm for telephone enquiries on 01253 477477.
Saturdays 9am to 2pm for Face to Face and Telephone enquiries

Please note our busiest times are Mondays and Fridays and over lunchtime
(12pm to 2pm).

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From: Tania Berlow

26 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Blackpool Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'EHE department -suitable
education'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/eh...

Yours faithfully,

Tania Berlow

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From: Customer First
Blackpool Borough Council

27 October 2009

Dear Madam,

Thank you for your email dated 26 October 2009.

So that we can deal with your enquiry, your email has been sent to the
relevant Freedom of Information Officer.

This person will now deal with your enquiry.

If you have any further queries, please contact Customer First by:-

Email [Blackpool Borough Council request email]
Telephone 01253 477477
Facsimile 01253 478808
Web site www.blackpool.gov.uk

Or visit the Customer First Centre on Corporation Street Blackpool FY1
1NA.

We are open:-
Monday to Friday 8am to 5:30pm for Face to Face enquiries
Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm for telephone enquiries on 01253 477477.
Saturdays 9am to 2pm for Face to Face and Telephone enquiries

Please note our busiest times are Mondays and Fridays and over lunchtime
(12pm to 2pm).

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