Electively Home Educated children and children not in school.

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Dear Devon County Council,

Please provide information for the following 9 questions:

1. How many home educated children does your LA currently have recorded?
2. How many households do these children come from?
3. In the last 12 months how many s437(1) formal notices to satisfy have you served on parents regarding home educated children?
4. How many School Attendance Orders (SAOs) (attendance order in Scotland) have been served on children that were known to be home educated until the SAO was served?
5. What was the outcome of each SAO? (for example, prosecuted for non compliance (please explain the outcome from court), revoked (please explain why the SAO was revoked). )
6. How many children do you have recorded as a Child Missing Education (CME) that are not subject to S437(1) or SAO?
7. In the last 12 months, what is the range of time period between a parent requesting the LA provide a school place and the child starting at the school? (for example a home educated child that wishes to go to school, or a family has moved to the area and wants a school place).
8. In the period of time, between the parental request and the initial start date at school, has the LA put in place education for the child under s19 Education Act?
9. If s19 is provided, how many hours education per week are put in place?

Yours faithfully,
Cheryl Moy
Educational Freedom

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Dear Cheryl Moy,

 

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Educational Freedom

Dear Devon County Council,

Thank you for your clarification request, questions relating to SAO are in reference to the last year from the date of our FOI.

Yours sincerely,

Educational Freedom

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Educational Freedom

Dear access to information - mailbox,

We asked 4. How many School Attendance Orders (SAOs) (attendance order in Scotland) have been served on children that were known to be home educated until the SAO was served?

You replied 'Children who are classed as home educated aren’t subject to school attendance proceedings. The Home Education team must first change a child’s status to a child missing education (CME) before the legal team are able to get involved.'

Can i reiterate our question was very clear, we are looking for the number of SAOs served where the child was home educated until concerns became known and a s437(1) served. Legally you do not have to change the status to CME before serving an SAO but that is not the question.
How many SAOs were served when the child was home educated until you changed their status to CME ?

Yours sincerely,

Educational Freedom

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Dear Cheryl Moy,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 

 

Reference 17230668

 

I have gone back to service after the clarification of question 4, and
this is the answer they have provided:

 

From July 2023 – July 2024, 10 school attendance orders were served on
parents whose children were deemed to not be receiving a suitable
education in line with section 7 of the Education Act 1996.

 

I have also updated this on our Disclosure Log at the following link
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Dear access to information - mailbox,

 

We asked 4. How many School Attendance Orders (SAOs) (attendance order in
Scotland) have been served on children that were known to be home educated
until the SAO was served?

 

You replied 'Children who are classed as home educated aren’t subject to
school attendance proceedings. The Home Education team must first change a
child’s status to a child missing education (CME) before the legal team
are able to get involved.'

 

Can i reiterate our question was very clear, we are looking for the number
of SAOs served where the child was home educated until concerns became
known and a s437(1) served.  Legally you do not have to change the status
to CME before serving an SAO but that is not the question. 

How many SAOs were served when the child was home educated until you
changed their status to CME ?

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Educational Freedom

 

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