Educational Concerns

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Dear North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

A) Can you please categorise how those known to the team dealing with elective home education became known? E.g. School, Doctor, self-referral, concerns about the educational provision reported etc.

i) Does the local authority seek to satisfy itself that the educational provision the parent(s) are providing is suitable to the child's age, aptitude, ability and any SEN as soon as they become aware that parents are electively home educating, regardless of how they become known to the local authority?

ii) How many instances have there been in the years (from January 1st to December 31st) 2015, 2016, 2017 and to the date of this FOI where the person dealing with elective home education has or has had concerns that a 'suitable' education is not 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 the particular child is not appearing to be learning 'enough'?
3) whether there are concerns because the family have not implemented a structured approach?
4) or whether the fact that the national Curriculum is not being followed is causing concern?
5) a qualified third party is not involved in the child’s education?
6) An educational report has not been provided by a third party such as; a teacher etc.

C) I would like to know of these children, how many of these concerns were proven?

i) Of the children in the above 4 categories, please indicate if further steps have or are being taken - for example, referred to CME or issued with a School Attendance Order. Please break it down into each year asked for.

ii) Please indicate how many of these went to court in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

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

Finally, please provide all recorded documentation relating to elective home education including policies, procedures (2015 - present) and recorded communications relating to elective home education (2017 - present), including any e-mail attachments. This does not include communications between the Elective Home Education team and electively home educating parents or information that falls under S40 (which I expect to be redacted).

Yours faithfully,

J Carter

FOI Officer, North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

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From: J Carter [mailto:[FOI #469806 email]]
Sent: 10 March 2018 00:06
To: FOI Officer
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Educational Concerns [Scanned]

 

Dear North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

A) Can you please categorise how those known to the team dealing with
elective home education became known? E.g. School, Doctor, self-referral,
concerns about the educational provision reported etc.

i) Does the local authority seek to satisfy itself that the educational
provision the parent(s) are providing is suitable to the child's age,
aptitude, ability and any SEN as soon as they become aware that parents
are electively home educating, regardless of how they become known to the
local authority?

ii) How many instances have there been in the years (from January 1st to
December 31st) 2015, 2016, 2017 and to the date of this FOI where the
person dealing with elective home education has or has had concerns that a
'suitable' education is not 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 the
particular child is not appearing to be learning 'enough'?
3) whether there are concerns because the family have not implemented a
structured approach?
4) or whether the fact that the national Curriculum is not being followed
is causing concern?
5) a qualified third party is not involved in the child’s education?
6) An educational report has not been provided by a third party such as; a
teacher etc.

C) I would like to know of these children, how many of these concerns were
proven?

i) Of the children in the above 4 categories, please indicate if further
steps have or are being taken - for example, referred to CME or issued
with a School Attendance Order. Please break it down into each year asked
for.

ii) Please indicate how many of these went to court in 2015, 2016 and
2017.

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

Finally, please provide all recorded documentation relating to elective
home education including policies, procedures (2015 - present) and
recorded communications relating to elective home education (2017 -
present), including any e-mail attachments. This does not include
communications between the Elective Home Education team and electively
home educating parents or information that falls under S40 (which I expect
to be redacted).

Yours faithfully,

J Carter

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FOI Officer, North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear J carter,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

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We are unable to process your request because clarification is required.

 

Please can you provide clarification around what Information you are
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From: Joshua.Farrier On Behalf Of FOI Officer
Sent: 12 March 2018 11:16
To: J Carter
Cc: FOI Officer
Subject: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RFI
1803050

 

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 1803050. 
Thank you for your request for information. 

 

Your request was received on 10/03/2018 and the Council is dealing with it
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

 

As required by the legislation, the Council aims to answer your request
promptly, but no later than 20 working days after receipt. As stated in
the Information Commissioner’s guidance, Awareness Guidance 11 Time for
Compliance, the 20 working day clock starts the day after the Council
received the request. The due date has been calculated to be 10/04/2018. 

 

If the information you have requested contains reference to a third party,
then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or
not to release the information to you.

 

Very occasionally, fees may be payable for the supply of information under
the Freedom of Information Act.  This will be considered, and if fees are
payable in respect of this request the Council will contact you before
proceeding in order to be sure that you are happy to go ahead.  Any fees
that do apply must be paid before the information is processed and
released.

 

Please note that an anonymised copy of our response to your request may be
published in the Council’s Disclosure Log where appropriate.  This is a
record of responses to completed requests for information that the Council
has received and dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 from 6 July 2009 onwards.

 

The Council’s Disclosure Log is available online at the following address:

 

[5]http://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/...

 

If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact
us.

 

Regards

 

 

Joshua Farrier

Solicitor Apprentice

[6]North Tyneside Council

 

E-Mail: [7][email address]

 

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From: J Carter [[9]mailto:[FOI #469806 email]]
Sent: 10 March 2018 00:06
To: FOI Officer
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Educational Concerns [Scanned]

 

Dear North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,

A) Can you please categorise how those known to the team dealing with
elective home education became known? E.g. School, Doctor, self-referral,
concerns about the educational provision reported etc.

i) Does the local authority seek to satisfy itself that the educational
provision the parent(s) are providing is suitable to the child's age,
aptitude, ability and any SEN as soon as they become aware that parents
are electively home educating, regardless of how they become known to the
local authority?

ii) How many instances have there been in the years (from January 1st to
December 31st) 2015, 2016, 2017 and to the date of this FOI where the
person dealing with elective home education has or has had concerns that a
'suitable' education is not 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 the
particular child is not appearing to be learning 'enough'?
3) whether there are concerns because the family have not implemented a
structured approach?
4) or whether the fact that the national Curriculum is not being followed
is causing concern?
5) a qualified third party is not involved in the child’s education?
6) An educational report has not been provided by a third party such as; a
teacher etc.

C) I would like to know of these children, how many of these concerns were
proven?

i) Of the children in the above 4 categories, please indicate if further
steps have or are being taken - for example, referred to CME or issued
with a School Attendance Order. Please break it down into each year asked
for.

ii) Please indicate how many of these went to court in 2015, 2016 and
2017.

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

Finally, please provide all recorded documentation relating to elective
home education including policies, procedures (2015 - present) and
recorded communications relating to elective home education (2017 -
present), including any e-mail attachments. This does not include
communications between the Elective Home Education team and electively
home educating parents or information that falls under S40 (which I expect
to be redacted).

Yours faithfully,

J Carter

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Dear FOI Officer,

"Please can you provide clarification around what Information you are looking to obtain in your final point. Could you also please clarify what you define as recorded communications ?"

To and from the elective home education team. This does not include communications between the local authority and elective home educating parents. Any information which falls under S40 should be redacted.

Recorded communications is exactly what it states, all communications that have been recorded by the elective home education and are not exempt.

Yours sincerely,

J Carter

FOI Officer, North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear J carter,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

In all further correspondence please quote our reference RFI 1803050. 

 

Your request for information under the above legislation has now been
considered. Please see response attached.

 

Please note that an anonymised copy of this response may be published in
our Disclosure Log where appropriate.

 

This is a record of responses to completed requests for information that
the Council has received and dealt with under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 from 6th July 2009
onwards. The Disclosure Log is available online at the following address:

 

[1]http://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/...

 

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Information Governance

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From: J Carter [mailto:[FOI #469806 email]]
Sent: 27 March 2018 16:08
To: FOI Officer
Subject: RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RFI
1803050 [Scanned]

 

Dear FOI Officer,

"Please can you provide clarification around what Information you are
looking to obtain in your final point. Could you also please clarify what
you define as recorded communications ?"

To and from the elective home education team. This does not include
communications between the local authority and elective home educating
parents. Any information which falls under S40 should be redacted.

Recorded communications is exactly what it states, all communications that
have been recorded by the elective home education and are not exempt.

Yours sincerely,

J Carter

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