Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the Freedom of Information Act could you please provide me
with the following:

- Details of the procedures followed when the Local Authority is
informed of or learns of a child being educated other than at
school.

- Copies of all documents which detail any part of these
procedures, for example details of how any records are to be kept,
what information is to be gathered about the child, how it is to be
gathered and whose responsibility it is to do so.

- Copies of all documents that are used in relation to these
procedures. This should include for example copies of the 'Exit
Interview' questionnaire sent by the EHE team to the child's last
school, and any other information gathering forms sent to other
agencies.

I would appreciate it if you could acknowledge receipt of this
request. If there is anything you are unsure of in my request
please ask for clarification.

Yours faithfully,

Matt Hupfield

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Dear Mr Hupfield,

Thank you for your request for information. The majority of the
information you request can be found within the Guidance Document sent to
parents via the following link.
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Please find attached a copy of the Exit questions and the Fair Processing
Notice used by the Elective Home Education Team.

If you have any queries or require any further information please do not
hesitate to contact me.

In the first instance if you have any comments relating to how your
request has been handled by our authority, please contact Philip Jones,
Head of Information Governance, Information Governance Unit, 1a Bailey
Street, Stafford, ST17 4BG.

If you have any further comments relating to how your request has been
handled by our authority, please contact the Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours Sincerely

Lian Rebecca Stibbs

Access to Information Officer

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Dear Stibbs, Lian (L&G),

Thank you for the documents you have provided.

I am assuming then, as nothing else was provided, that the publicly
available 'Guidance Notes for Parents' booklet, which you provided
a link to, is the only documentation used by Staffs EHE team which
details the procedures followed when the Local Authority is
informed of or learns of a child being educated otherwise than at
school.

If this is the case I would be surprised, and more than a little
concerned. Could you please clarify and confirm for me the fact
that the EHE Team have no other documentation (public or internal)
which details their guidelines or procedures.

If this is not the case could you please provide copies of those
documents as originally requested.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Hupfield

Dear Mr Hupfield,

I have been informed that all information has been released.

Yours sincerely,

Lian Rebecca Stibbs
Access to Information Officer

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Dear Stibbs, Lian (L&G),

Thank you for the prompt clarification.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Hupfield