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Tania Berlow made this Freedom of Information request to Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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From: Tania Berlow
4 August 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I read that you currently have 31 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
From: Chris Daniels
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
4 August 2009
Dear Tania
I am writing to acknowledge your Information request received 4 August
2009
It has been allocated reference FOI61616
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides Public Authorities with 20
working days to process requests.
This period expires on 2 September 2009
Regards
Chris Daniels
Information Officer
Legal Dept
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
St Ives house
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF
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From: Chris Daniels
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
7 August 2009
To :Tania Berlow
From :Chris Daniels
Sent :7 August 2009
Subject:Freedom of Information request FOI61616
Dear Tania
I am writing to respond to your information request FOI61616
I have been advised that there are no Electively Home Educated children
whose education is considered to be inadequate at this time.
I have also been advised that we:
* would refer to Social Services if we had any concerns
* always inform Social Care when a parent withdraws a child from
school to educate them at home.
This concludes your request FOI61616.
If you are dissatisfied in any way you may complain to Martin Tubbs,
Information and Compliance Manager by email [email address] or
write to the address below.
Once you have exhausted the complaints procedure you may appeal to the
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Please note that this information is covered by the Re-Use of Public
Sector Information Regulations 2005, as it is copyright information held
by the Royal Borough. If you would like to re-use any of this information
for any purpose whatsoever, please contact Martin Tubbs, Information and
Compliance Manager ([email address]), setting out why and how you
intend to re-use this information. The Council will then consider whether
to grant you a license to re-use this information and will inform you if
there is any fee for doing so.
Regards
Chris Daniels
Information Management Officer
Legal Dept
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
St Ives house
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF
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From: Tania Berlow
12 August 2009
Dear Chris Daniels,
thank you for the information. May i just check one last thing. Are
youy saying that every deregistered child automatically gets a
referral to social services? what does social services do with
these referrals? is it to put on thier databases or do they do a
common assessment ? thhanks
Yours sincerely,
Tania Berlow
From: Chris Daniels
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
12 August 2009
I will return on Monday 17 august 2009, at which time I will reply to your
communication.If the matter is urgent please contact Martin Tubbs or
Jennifer Shaw.
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From: Chris Daniels
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
17 August 2009
Dear Tania
Please see below answers to your questions. I hope this clears everything up to your satisfaction.
1.Are you saying that every deregistered child automatically gets a referral to social services?
Answer: We enquire whether the child is know to Social Services. It is not a referral. We would only refer if following a visit to the family we had concerns regarding their well-being.
2.what does social services do with these referrals?
Answer: If the child is know to Social Services they will make a note that the child is being educated by parents. If they are not know then the information is not recorded by Social Services
3.is it to put on their databases or do they do a common assessment ?
Answer: No, see answer above.
Kind Regards
Chris Daniels
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From: Tania Berlow
17 August 2009
Dear Chris Daniels,
thank you for all the information
Yours sincerely,
Tania Berlow
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