EHCP Education Other Than At School
Dear Northumberland County Council,
Can you please provide me the number as of today's date 1st September 2021 of EHCPs that have an Education Other Than AT school (E.O.T.A.S)package?
Also please can you confirm and provide me Northumberland county council's Education Other Than AT school (E.O.T.A.S) policy?
Yours faithfully,
Miss Lee
Our Ref: 9720
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Our Ref: 9720
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I refer to your Freedom of Information request in relation to EOTAS.
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Q.1 Can you please provide me the number as of today's date 1st September
2021 of EHCPs that have an Education Other Than AT school
(E.O.T.A.S)package?
There are 11 current EOTAS pupils with an EHCP as at 1st September 2021
Q.2 Also please can you confirm and provide me Northumberland county
council's Education Other Than AT school (E.O.T.A.S) policy?
We follow the DFE Statutory Guidance for Education for children with
health needs who cannot attend school.
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Dear Northumberland County Council,
Thank you kindly for your reply about my issue relating to EOTAS.
I am writing in respect to the the policy and guidance you follow in using EOTAS.
Are you aware of the curricular 2014/24 EOTAS guidance to school document issued on 18.9.2014 as I am very concerned that you have excluded severla other reasons as to why EOTAS can be issued and are only referring to health needs?
I quote "issued guidance and purpose of EOTAS.
EOTAS makes edu national provsion for children woth socail ,emotional, behavioural, medical or other issues who without it's provsion cannot suitable sustain education a reason Coudl be a child is not being educated in a suitable school or named on their EHCP.
Can you please confirm again if the L.A are aware of such policy and why they are not following th3 guidelines as mentioned above that is in particular a focus on EOTAS and whether the L.A are aware of the legal laws to offer such provison?
Yours faithfully,
miss lee
Dear Miss Lee,
Thank you for your email which I have forwarded onto Children's Services
who provide the response information for the Education requests. They will
be in touch with you directly with a response.
Many thanks,
Catherine
Information Governance Office
(t) 0345 600 6400
(e) [email address]
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From: miss lee <[FOI #787651 email]>
Sent: 20 September 2021 20:45
To: FOI Mailbox <[Northumberland County Council request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - EHCP Education Other Than At
School
Dear Northumberland County Council,
Thank you kindly for your reply about my issue relating to EOTAS.
I am writing in respect to the the policy and guidance you follow in using
EOTAS.
Are you aware of the curricular 2014/24 EOTAS guidance to school document
issued on 18.9.2014 as I am very concerned that you have excluded severla
other reasons as to why EOTAS can be issued and are only referring to
health needs?
I quote "issued guidance and purpose of EOTAS.
EOTAS makes edu national provsion for children woth socail ,emotional,
behavioural, medical or other issues who without it's provsion cannot
suitable sustain education a reason Coudl be a child is not being
educated in a suitable school or named on their EHCP.
Can you please confirm again if the L.A are aware of such policy and why
they are not following th3 guidelines as mentioned above that is in
particular a focus on EOTAS and whether the L.A are aware of the legal
laws to offer such provison?
Yours faithfully,
miss lee
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Our Ref: 9720
Dear Enquirer,
INFORMATION REQUEST
I refer to your request for Information in relation to your query
following the FOI response.
Your query:
I am writing in respect to the the policy and guidance you follow in using
EOTAS.
Are you aware of the curricular 2014/24 EOTAS guidance to school document
issued on 18.9.2014 as I am very concerned that you have excluded severla
other reasons as to why EOTAS can be issued and are only referring to
health needs?
I quote "issued guidance and purpose of EOTAS.
EOTAS makes edu national provsion for children woth socail ,emotional,
behavioural, medical or other issues who without it's provsion cannot
suitable sustain education a reason Coudl be a child is not being
educated in a suitable school or named on their EHCP.
Can you please confirm again if the L.A are aware of such policy and why
they are not following th3 guidelines as mentioned above that is in
particular a focus on EOTAS and whether the L.A are aware of the legal
laws to offer such provison?
Our response:
The local authority is fully aware of the legal requirements regarding the
education of children with health and medical needs and has an EOTAS team
in place to fulfil the related statutory duties.
Regarding provision for children with emotional, behavioural, and mental
health needs the Children and Families Act identifies that a local
authority in England may arrange for any special educational provision
that it has decided is necessary for a child or young person for whom it
is responsible to be made 'otherwise than in a school'. Such an
arrangement is only necessary if it would be inappropriate for the
provision to be made in a school. The LA considers individual requests for
education otherwise than at school based on a learner's individual needs
and if the SEN provision they require can be made in a school.
Yours faithfully
FOI/EIR Coordinator -
Information Governance Office
Northumberland County Council
County Hall
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2EF
Tel: 0345 600 6400
Email: [Northumberland County Council request email]
Web: http://www.northumberland.gov.uk
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