Elective Home Education team and numbers of children known and deregistered
Dear Harrow Borough Council,
I am submitting this freedom of information request to find out the following information regarding elective home education. When I refer to 'children', I mean they are either de-registered from a school or have never been registered with a school. Please provide copies of all available documents, research and paperwork.
A) I would like to know which department within Harrow Borough Council local authority deals with elective home education?
1) I would like to know who is currently employed in this team, and who the team leader is.
2) I would like to know who they report to.
3) What form of contact they use with families the first time they contact them.
i) Please supply copies of policies and procedures used for elective home education, for staff use or supplied to Home educators.
B) Has the LA made the team dealing with elective home education aware that there is no requirement to investigate a case or for the LA to seek to satisfy itself that a suitable education is being provided when they know the reason why a child has ceased to attend school? The specified reason being, parents have given legal notification to a school that they are educating otherwise than at school.
C) I would like to know how many children are currently known as being electively home educated in the local authority.
D) How many pupils have been de-registered from school to be electively home educated?
Please provide numbers for: July 2015, July 2016 and July 2017. Please categorise these into:
- Children with no known SEN
- Children with SEN
- Children de-registered from special schools
- Children with care plans
- Children under services such as; CAHMS
Yours faithfully,
Katherine Norman
Dear Harrow Borough Council,
I am writing to see if there have been any problems with my FOI request 'Elective Home Education team and numbers of children known and deregistered' as I have not received a prompt response within the 20 working days, or been informed that the deadline has been extended.
Yours faithfully,
KNorman
Sent request to Harrow Borough Council again, using a new contact address.
Sent a follow up to Harrow Borough Council again, using a new contact address.
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Our reference: 3905697
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Dear Ms. Norman
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Harrow Council
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Dear Ms. Norman
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2018.
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People Services
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Received: 28.03.2018 14:52
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Dear Ms Norman
Thank you for your email received on 28 March 2018.
Unfortunately, due to a change to our system we never received your
initial FOI request, for which I apologise on behalf of Harrow Council.
This problem has been rectified and your initial request has been logged
and assigned to the Children's department for further processing. You
should have received an acknowledgement from them. The case reference
number is (ref: 3905697).
May I apologise wholeheartedly for this delay and can assure you that your
case is now being dealt with and you will receive a response within
statutory deadlines (20 days).
Kind regards
Anna Batoryk
FOI Officer - Access Harrow
Resources & Commercial
[2][email address]
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Dear Harrow Borough Council,
I am writing to see if there have been any problems with my FOI request
'Elective Home Education team and numbers of children known and
deregistered' as I have not received a prompt response within the 20
working days, or been informed that the deadline has been extended.
Yours faithfully,
KNorman
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Dear Ms. Norman
Thank you for your request for information received on 28 March 2018.
Please find attached our response to your request.
Kind regards
Vinal Chauhan
Complaints & FOI Officer
People Services
020 8736 6786
[email address]
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