Dear Michelle Mcauley

Freedom of Information Request: LBH/15770624

I acknowledge your request for information received on 07 September 2024.

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of Information Act 2000 and we will send the response by 04 October 2024

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Thaddeus Saunders

Feedback & Resolutions Officer

Feedback & Resolutions Team

From: Children Not In School
Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2024 8:08 PM
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Children Not In School

Dear Haringey Borough Council,

How many children of compulsory school age are known to live in your LA as
of 1st September 2024?
How many state school places for children of compulsory school age are
there in your LA boundaries?
How many independent school places for children of compulsory school age
are their in your LA Boundaries?
How many compulsory school age children residing in your LA are
categorised as being children missing education as of 1st September 2024?
How many compulsory school age children are electively home educated as of
1st September 2024?
How many compulsory school age children residing in your LA are receiving
their education outside of a school setting funded by the LA as of 1st
September 2024

If a parent moves into your LA and requests a school place using figures
from last 3 years what is the average amount of days it takes from the
parental request until the child is enrolled in a school?
If a parent was Electively home educating and stops EHE and requests a
school place using figures from last 3 years what is the average amount of
days it takes from the parental request  until the child is enrolled in a
school?
If a parent withdraws there child from an independent school and requests
a school place using figures from the last 3 years what is the average
amount of days it takes from the parental request until the child is
enrolled in a local school?

Dose the LA facilitate any education for the child between the parental
request and school enrolment?
If no why not?

Yours faithfully,
Michelle McAuley
Children Not In School

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Dear Michelle Mcauley,

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request ref: LBH/15770624

Thank you for your request for information received on 07 September 2024,
in which you asked for the following:

 1. How many children of compulsory school age are known to live in your
LA as of 1st September 2024?
 2. How many state school places for children of compulsory school age are
there in your LA boundaries?
 3. How many independent school places for children of compulsory school
age are their in your LA Boundaries?
 4. How many compulsory school age children residing in your LA are
categorised as being children missing education as of 1st September
2024?
 5. How many compulsory school age children are electively home educated
as of 1st September 2024?
 6. How many compulsory school age children residing in your LA are
receiving their education outside of a school setting funded by the LA
as of 1st September 2024
 7. If a parent moves into your LA and requests a school place using
figures from last 3 years what is the average amount of days it takes
from the parental request until the child is enrolled in a school?
 8. If a parent was Electively home educating and stops EHE and requests a
school place using figures from last 3 years what is the average
amount of days it takes from the parental request  until the child is
enrolled in a school?
 9. If a parent withdraws there child from an independent school and
requests a school place using figures from the last 3 years what is
the average amount of days it takes from the parental request until
the child is enrolled in a local school?
10. Does the LA facilitate any education for the child between the
parental request and school enrolment?
11. If no why not?

My response is as follows:

 1. The only record of the number of people living in any geographical
area is the national census which is taken every ten years. Aside from
this national census there is no record of the number of children
living in any specific geographical area of the UK.
 2. As at 1 September there are 34,587 school places between Reception and
year 11 in mainstream state schools. In addition to this there are at
least 1,300 school places in state special schools and pupil referral
units.
 3. We do not hold this figure as these schools are run independently of
the Local Authority.
 4. 93
 5. 432
 6. 44
 7. We do not hold data on the average number of days between an
application and a child being enrolled at a school.
 8. We do not hold data on the average number of days between an
application and a child being enrolled at a school.
 9. We do not hold data on the average number of days between an
application and a child being enrolled at a school.
10. No
11. It is Haringey’s responsibility to provide all compulsory aged
children with a school place in accordance with the provisions of the
School Admissions Code (2021). Haringey provides unplaced children
with school places as quickly and efficiently as possible, and at that
stage it is then the responsibility of the parents and school together
to arrange the admission and start date for the student, and the
responsibility of the school to provide an education to these pupils.

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Yours sincerely,

Carlo Kodsi | Head of Admissions and School Organisation

[2][email address] 0208 489 1000

Haringey Council | Schools and Learning | 5^th Floor 48 Station Road, Wood
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