Educational concerns
Dear Cumbria County Council,
A) Can you please categorise how those known to the team dealing with elective home education became known? E.g. School, Doctor, self-referral, concerns about the educational provision reported etc.
i) Does the local authority seek to satisfy itself that the educational provision the parent(s) are providing is suitable to the child's age, aptitude, ability and any SEN as soon as they become aware that parents are electively home educating, regardless of how they become known to the local authority?
ii) How many instances have there been in the years (from January 1st to December 31st) 2015, 2016, 2017 and to the date of this FOI where the person dealing with elective home education has or has had concerns that a 'suitable' education is not being provided?
B) I would also appreciate it if this information could be broken down into categories:
1) whether they feel that no education is taking place?
2) whether they feel that the philosophy of education is inadequate - for example in the case of autonomous or child led learning, that the particular child is not appearing to be learning 'enough'?
3) whether there are concerns because the family have not implemented a structured approach?
4) or whether the fact that the national Curriculum is not being followed is causing concern?
5) a qualified third party is not involved in the child’s education?
6) An educational report has not been provided by a third party such as; a teacher etc.
C) I would like to know of these children, how many of these concerns were proven?
i) Of the children in the above 4 categories, please indicate if further steps have or are being taken - for example, referred to CME or issued with a School Attendance Order. Please break it down into each year asked for.
ii) Please indicate how many of these went to court in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
iii) Please also indicate if any Education Supervision Orders are currently in court for this population?
Finally, please provide all recorded documentation relating to elective home education including policies, procedures (2013 - present) and recorded communications relating to elective home education (2016 - present), including any e-mail attachments. This does not include communications between the Elective Home Education team and electively home educating parents.
Yours faithfully,
J Carter
Dear Sir / Madam
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004
REFERENCE: IG 00146
Thank you for your request for information regarding elective home
education which was received on 17 February.
The council aims to provide you with the information within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days in this case the date is 16 March. Subject
to the information not being exempt or containing any references to third
parties.
The council will, as a matter of routine make information available in
electronic format. Where it is not practical to do this information will
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alternative formats e.g. language, audio, large print, etc., please
indicate this as soon as possible so the council can consider your
request.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 define a number of exemptions/exceptions which may
prevent information being released to you automatically. The council will
make an assessment about the application of any exemptions/exceptions and
issue you with a decision letter, which will include details of your right
to appeal.
If the information you request contains reference to a third party the
council will consult with them prior to making a decision about the
release of information.
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Dear Sir/Madam
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
REFERENCE: IG 00146
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Resources and Transformation • Cumbria County Council
Cumbria House • 117 Botchergate • Carlisle • CA1 1RD
E: [1][Cumbria County Council request email]
T: 01228 221234
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Dear Information Governance,
Can you answer the questions up to D?
"In relation to Question D; to determine what information we hold within scope of this question we would need to manually review all emails to and from the lead officer responsible for elective home education (EHE). On average, the lead officer receives 35 emails per week on EHE, in total this would be approximately 1820 emails per year. We estimate that it would take 10 minutes per email to locate, retrieve and extract the requested information. Therefore in total it would take approximately 304 hours to collate this information for each year requested."
If I reduce this to 2015 - present for the recorded documentation, and 01/03/2017 - Present for the communications would this revise the FOI enough for you to respond, even in part to the FOI?
Yours sincerely,
J Carter
Dear Sir/Madam
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004
REFERENCE: IG 00209
Thank you for your request for information regarding home education, which
was received on 06 March 2018.
The council aims to provide you with the information within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days in this case the date is 05 April 2018.
Subject to the information not being exempt or containing any references
to third parties.
The council will, as a matter of routine make information available in
electronic format. Where it is not practical to do this information will
be provided in hard copy (paper). If information is required in
alternative formats e.g. language, audio, large print, etc., please
indicate this as soon as possible so the council can consider your
request.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 define a number of exemptions/exceptions which may
prevent information being released to you automatically. The council will
make an assessment about the application of any exemptions/exceptions and
issue you with a decision letter, which will include details of your right
to appeal.
If the information you request contains reference to a third party the
council will consult with them prior to making a decision about the
release of information.
In accordance with the council’s [1]Charging Policy a fee may be charged
for supplying information. If a fee is payable you will be issued with a
fees notice. The applicable fee must be paid in full before the
information is processed and released. The statutory time limit for
responses is suspended until the council has received and processed your
payment. If payment is not received within three months of issuing the
fees notice your request will be closed.
If you have any queries or concerns about this email then please contact:
Information Governance Team
Resources and Transformation
Cumbria County Council, Cumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle, CA1 1RD
Email: [2][Cumbria County Council request email]
Telephone: 01228 221234
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Dear Sir/Madam
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
REFERENCE: IG 00209
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Resources and Transformation • Cumbria County Council
Cumbria House • 117 Botchergate • Carlisle • CA1 1RD
E: [1][Cumbria County Council request email]
T: 01228 221234
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copies of the message received in error should be destroyed. Any views or
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