Elective Home Education
Dear Vale of Glamorgan Council,
1)Please can you provide a copy of the initial contact letter sent to new home educators in your Local Authority?
2)(a)Is the initial contact letter the same whether the parent has deregistered from a school or been home-educating from the start and you become aware of the family some other way?
(b)If they are different please provide a copy of both letters.
3)When was your EHE policy last updated?
4) Were local home educators involved directly in the process of reviewing the EHE policy when it was last updated.
Yours faithfully,
Michelle Zaher
Educational Freedom
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Dear Michelle Zaher
Thank you for your request for information on 2nd September
about: Elective Home Education
Please see our responses to your questions below:
1)Please can you provide a copy of the initial contact letter sent to new
home educators in your Local Authority?
Please see attached letter with template wording.
2)(a)Is the initial contact letter the same whether the parent has
deregistered from a school or been home-educating from the start and you
become aware of the family some other way?
(b)If they are different please provide a copy of both letters.
Same initial contact letter
3)When was your EHE policy last updated?
March 2023
4) Were local home educators involved directly in the process of reviewing
the EHE policy when it was last updated.
Local home educators were not directly involved
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Officer
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Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
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