Children Missing Education Numbers

Dear Fiona Nicholson

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information about: Children Missing
Education Numbers

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Dear Fiona Nicholson

Thank you for your request for information on 8th April about: Children
Missing Education Numbers

Please see the responses to your questions below:

CME FOI - Case Information Request / Case Reference 00206851 – April 2024
Please can you tell me how many children in your area were recorded as
"CME" or children missing education during the academic year 2022-23?
These are children who are not registered at school and not receiving
education otherwise than at school.
• 104

Does the local authority record the numbers of children missing education
each month? If so, please provide the CME numbers by month for the
academic year 2022-23.
• September 32
• October 38
• November 43
• December 40
• January 40
• February 55
• March 64
• April 59
• May 56
• June 50
• July 52
• August 50

Does the local authority record categories of children missing education?
If so, please provide the CME categories by month and by year for the
academic year 2022-23.

Categories included in our data by YEAR are :-
• Male – 58
• Female – 45
• ALN – 21
• Children Looked After (CLA) – 4
• Free School Meals (FSM) – 39

By Ethnicity:-
• WOTH 6
• BAFR 5
• MWBL 1
• MOTH 4
• WBRI 51
• CHNE 1
• MWBA 4
• MWAS 1
• WUKR 1
• MWBC 1
• ABAN 1
• AIND 4
• BOTH 3
• OAFG 2
• WCZE 2
• WPOL 1
• OLIB 2
• AAFR 1
• WRMA 1
• NO DATA - 12

Does the local authority record the length of time a child or young person
has been CME? If so, please provide me with numbers for the academic year
2022-23.
• 1 month – 40
• 2 months – 15
• 3 months – 4
• 4 months – 4
• 5 months – 0
• 6 months – 5
• 7 months – 2
• 8 months – 2
• 9 months – 3
• 10 months – 5
• 11 months – 3
• 12 months – 20

Does the local authority record whether a CME child or young person has
ALN? If so, please provide the numbers of CME with ALN during the academic
year 2022-23.
• 21

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