Alternative education provision and home-schooling
Dear North Yorkshire County 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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Dear Shanti
With reference to your Freedom of Information request dated 17 April please can you clarify
what you mean by 'home-schooled; do you mean elective home educated or home-schooled as part of being on roll at a school or as a SEND package?
Regards
Catherine
Catherine Brown
Leadership Support Officer, FOI
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