Education statistics of EHE children
Dear Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,
1. How many home educated children do you know to be in your Authority area currently.
2. Of those home educated children, how many have been visited in their own home by your officers or their parents have met with your officers at a mutually agreed location in the last 12 months.
3. Of the remaining children for whom visits or meetings did not take place, for how many have the education department received written reports from the parents, third party reports or samples of work in the last 12 months.
4. Of those home educated children currently in your area, for how many have the parents declined to provide any information at all in the last 12 months.
Yours faithfully,
Michala Hitchcock
Dear Michala,
Thank you for your request for information regarding Education statistics of EHE children (reference number 34436). Your request was received on the 17/03/2015 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
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Kind regards,
[Name of Council employee removed]
Senior Information Governance Officer
Information Technology, Management and Governance
G Floor,
Tower Block,
Blackburn Town Hall,
Blackburn,
BB1 7DY
Tel: 01254 58 5852
Secure email: [email address]
Dear Michala,
Thank you for your request for information regarding Education statistics of EHE children (reference number 34436); please see our response below. If you have any queries regarding your request for information then please don't hesitate to contact me.
1. How many home educated children do you know to be in your Authority area currently. 57
2. Of those home educated children, how many have been visited in their own home by your officers or their parents have met with your officers at a mutually agreed location in the last 12 months. 42 (plus 14 planned)
3. Of the remaining children for whom visits or meetings did not take place, for how many have the education department received written reports from the parents, third party reports or samples of work in the last 12 months. 1
4. Of those home educated children currently in your area, for how many have the parents declined to provide any information at all in the last 12 months. 0
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Kind Regards,
[Name of Council employee removed]
Senior Information Governance Officer
Information Technology, Management and Governance
G Floor,
Tower Block,
Blackburn Town Hall,
Blackburn,
BB1 7DY
Tel: 01254 58 5852
Secure email: [email address]
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