REF: FOI 20171

Good morning,

We acknowledge with thanks your application for information, which has been considered as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

As such, this may take up to 20 working days to be processed and has been passed on to an appropriate officer.

Also please be aware that in certain circumstances an exemption may apply to the information that you have requested. This also includes the possible requirement of the statutory period to supply a response, being extended in accordance with the Act.

Should you have any queries, please contact:  [email address]

Kind regards

Information Management Team
Oldham Council
Spindles Shopping Centre,
West Street, Oldham, OL1 1LF

[email address]

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Good Morning

 

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

In response to your request for information in respect of Electively Home
Educated children and children not in school.

 

Oldham Council is happy to supply the enclosed information:

 

 

1. How many home educated children does your LA currently have recorded? -
362

2. How many households do these children come from? - 315

3. In the last 12 months how many s437(1) formal notices to satisfy have
you served on parents regarding home educated children? <5

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

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explain why the SAO was revoked). Revoked proof of education was provided

6. How many children do you have recorded as a Child Missing Education
(CME) that are not subject to S437(1) or SAO? <5

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). 15
days is LA process from application to offer being made
[1]https://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200327/ap...

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? We have not.

9. If s19 is provided, how many hours education per week are put in place?
N/A

 

 

 

Kind Regards

 

Anne

Anne Clark

Inclusion Manager

Oldham Council

Civic Centre

0161 770 6630

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Information Management Team
<[2][email address]>
Sent: Monday, August 5, 2024 11:27 AM
To: Paula Green (ECS) <[3][email address]>
Cc: Anne Clark <[4][email address]>
Subject: FOI 20171 Allocation

 

Ref: FOI 20171

 

Good morning,

 

Please see the Freedom of Information request below which has been
allocated to yourself for processing.

 

The response completion date is 02 September 2024

 

Note: due to an increasing number of requests that span more than one
directorate/department, requests are now allocated to the business area
where it is deemed the content is predominately focused. In this instance,
the responsibility of consulting with other service areas to fully
complete the final response lies with the Allocated Officer.

 

This also includes any element of the request involving financial
information, where you are now required to liaise with your service’s
Finance Manager, to assist in responding to the requester.

 

If however you believe this request has been incorrectly allocated, then
contact the IMT at [5][Oldham Council request email] immediately. You
will be required to offer a reason for the incorrect allocation along with
an indication where you feel it should be forwarded.

 

Important: The Freedom of Information Act places a 20 working day
statutory deadline on requests being completed. If you are unable to meet
the response deadline, you are required to inform your Director, as
regular performance monitoring reports are reviewed by the Executive
Management Team.

 

Also no internal communications should be included in any final response
to the requester.

 

Executive Directors and Directors are also required to make a judgement as
to which sensitive requests, if any, they wish to review and sign off.

 

Once completed please send your final response to the requestor directly
and also copy [6][email address] into your reply, so we can
update the system for you.

 

Please note that any emails received into the FOI Responses inbox after
4pm may not be actioned until the next working day.

 

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Advice and guidance regarding responses to requests can be found here:

 

[7]https://intranet.oldham.gov.uk/info/2020...

 

Or alternatively, please contact the Information Management Team as soon
as possible if you need further support.

 

Kind regards

Karen

 

Information Management Team

Oldham Council

Spindles Shopping Centre,

West Street, Oldham, OL1 1LF

 

[8][email address]

 

 

 

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