Elective Home Education data
Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
As a freedom of information request, please provide the following data on Elective Home Education (EHE):
1) The number of school pupils who were newly registered as EHE each academic year for:
-2018-19
-2019-20
-2020-21
-2021-22
-2022-23
-2023-24
2) If time allows, please could you also provide the total number of school pupils who were registered for EHE in each of the same academic years (this time the total number rather than just those newly registered).
3) Additionally, if time allows, please could you provide the number of pupils who have moved from elective home education back into school in the same academic years?
Please could you respond to these questions using this form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponseP... - this would make collecting data much easier as we are asking all local authorities for information.
Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Fagg
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Dear Jonathan Fagg,
Thank you for your email received on 27 February 2024 requesting information about Elective Home Education.
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Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
Many thanks for this information. Please could you confirm whether the first part of your response refers to newly educated EHE or total EHE figures? Are you able to provide both separately?
Yours faithfully,
BBC England Data Unit
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Dear Jonathan Fagg
The first figure of the new EHE that year and the second figure is the cumulative year by year.
Regards
Customer Liaison Team
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Please could you resend as this is how it appears for me - I'm not sure if some has been cut off as it's not clear for me?
-2018-19- A new, updated electronic recording system was brought in during 19/20, which has been used to record the data more consistently from 2020/21 onwards.
It was not a requirement to report EHE figures to the DfE until October 2022.
-2019-20- A new, updated electronic recording system was brought in during 19/20, which has been used to record the data more consistently from 2020/21 onwards.
It was not a requirement to report EHE figures to the DfE until October 2022.
20/21- 113
21/22- 148
22/23- 227
23/24- 237- Year to date
3) Additionally, if time allows, please could you provide the number of pupils who have moved from elective home education back into school in the same academic years?
-2018-19- A new, updated electronic recording system was brought in during 19/20, which has been used to record the data more consistently from 2020/21 onwards.
It was not a requirement to report EHE figures to the DfE until October 2022.
-2019-20- A new, updated electronic recording system was brought in during 19/20, which has been used to record the data more consistently from 2020/21 onwards.
It was not a requirement to report EHE figures to the DfE until October 2022.
20/21- 23
21/22- 21
22/23- 37
23/24- 42
Yours sincerely,
BBC England Data Unit
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Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please could I follow up on this again - from the response, I am unclear whether the first answer refers to newly home educated or total home educated children. I am not sure if the second and final part - which has lower figures - is about those that are no longer EHE - or newly EHE. Please could you clarify this and send the answers to each question as an attachment to avoid any formatting confusion?
Yours faithfully,
BBC England Data Unit
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Dear Freedom of Information,
I am following up on an existing FOI request submitted on 27th February - F2024.02.7506 - submitted under the name Jonathan Fagg. I have requested clarity on which part of the response refers to which question asked.
Yours sincerely,
Jonathan Fagg
BBC England Data Unit
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Dear requester,
The first question you asked in the FOI was for Knowsley to provide 'The
number of school pupils who were newly registered as EHE each academic
year'. As you requested, we have provided the figures for newly registered
EHE pupil in each year stated. For example, in 20/21 there were 86 newly
registered EHE pupils that academic year.
In the second part of the FOI you asked Knowsley council to 'provide the
total number of school pupils who were registered for EHE in each of the
same academic years'. As you requested, we have provided the total figures
(cumulative) in each year stated. For example, in 20/21 there was a total
of 113 pupils registered EHE. In reference to the first question 86 of
these were new to EHE that academic year.
The third part of the FOI you asked Knowsley council to ' provide the
number of pupils who have moved from elective home education back into
school in the same academic years'. As you have requested, we have
provided figures for the number of children who reregistered for schools
in each academic year For example, I 20/21 there were 23 pupils who went
from EHE back into education at a school.
The figures match exactly the question you have asked in each section.
I hope this helps.
Kind Regards.
Louise Noon (She/Her)
Education Services Manager
Education Improvement and Inclusion
Telephone: [1]0151 443 3861
Mobile: [2]07385420450
Knowsley Council , Huyton Municipal ‑ Sixth Floor , Archway Road , Huyton , Knowsley , L36 9UX
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Dear Louise Noon,
Thank you, but unfortunately it looks like question one and the first part of question two has been cut off when I view your response. Is it possible to please send the response as an attachment?
This is what comes up when I follow the link:
-2018-19- A new, updated electronic recording system was brought in during 19/20, which has been used to record the data more consistently from 2020/21 onwards.
It was not a requirement to report EHE figures to the DfE until October 2022.
-2019-20- A new, updated electronic recording system was brought in during 19/20, which has been used to record the data more consistently from 2020/21 onwards.
It was not a requirement to report EHE figures to the DfE until October 2022.
20/21- 113
21/22- 148
22/23- 227
23/24- 237- Year to date
3) Additionally, if time allows, please could you provide the number of pupils who have moved from elective home education back into school in the same academic years?
-2018-19- A new, updated electronic recording system was brought in during 19/20, which has been used to record the data more consistently from 2020/21 onwards.
It was not a requirement to report EHE figures to the DfE until October 2022.
-2019-20- A new, updated electronic recording system was brought in during 19/20, which has been used to record the data more consistently from 2020/21 onwards.
It was not a requirement to report EHE figures to the DfE until October 2022.
20/21- 23
21/22- 21
22/23- 37
23/24- 42
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Yours sincerely,
BBC England Data Unit
Dear requester,
Please find response attached as requested.
Louise Noon (She/Her)
Education Services Manager
Education Improvement and Inclusion
Telephone: 0151 443 3861
[mobile number]
Knowsley Council,
Huyton Municipal - Sixth Floor,
Archway Road,
Huyton,
Knowsley
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L36 9UX
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