Alternative education provision and home-schooling
Dear Middlesbrough Council,
I am writing to you to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please tell me:
-How many pupils were home-schooled using online tutoring paid for by the council between September 1 2017 and August 31 2018? How many of these children were primary school school age, and how many were secondary age?
-Please provide the same information (total number of pupils, broken down by primary/secondary) for the same period (Sept 1 - Aug 31) for each of these years: 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14.
-How much was spent on providing this online tutoring? Please provide the figure in pounds for each of the school years listed above (2013/14 - 2017/18), broken down by school year.
-Please provide the name(s) of the organisation(s) providing the online tutoring for home-schooled children.
Please provide this data in Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Shanti Das
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Information Requests Team
Dear Ms Das
REF NO: 014400
I am writing to confirm that Middlesbrough Council has now completed its
search for the information you requested on 17 April 2019.
In your request you asked for the following information:
How many pupils were home-schooled using online tutoring paid for by the
council between September 1 2017 and August 31 2018?
Response: None
How many of these children were primary school age, and how many were
secondary age?
Response: None
Please provide the same information (total number of pupils, broken down
by primary/secondary) for the same period (Sept 1 - Aug 31) for each of
these years: 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14.
Response: None
How much was spent on providing this online tutoring?
Please provide the figure in pounds for each of the school years listed
above (2013/14 - 2017/18), broken down by school year.
Response: N/A
Please provide the name(s) of the organisation(s) providing the online
tutoring for home-schooled children.
Response: N/A
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Yours sincerely
Steph Robson
Information Requests Coordinator
Finance, Governance and Support
Strategy, Information and Governance
Middlesbrough Council
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