Dear Ms Moy

 

Request for Information RFI-9700-24 Re: Electively Home Educated children
and children not in school.

 

Thank you for your request for information relating to Electively Home
Educated children and children not in school. which was received on 04
August 2024.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
the council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying
whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any
charges. 

 

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tell you why.

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In the meantime, if you need to contact me about your request, please do
so quoting the above reference number.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Julie Noble

Assistant Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

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Dear Ms Moy,

 

Freedom of Information Request RFI-9700-24 Re: Electively Home Educated
children and children not in school.

 

Further to your request for information about Electively Home Educated
children and children not in school., I can tell you the following:

 

1. How many home educated children does your LA currently have recorded?
As of 5^th August 2024 609 children home educated.

 

2. How many households do these children come from? 479

 

3. In the last 12 months how many s437(1) formal notices to satisfy have
you served on parents regarding home educated children? 32

 

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? 18

 

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explain why the SAO was revoked). ) All were prosecuted for non-compliance
and have received a fine through the courts.

 

6. How many children do you have recorded as a Child Missing Education
(CME) that are not subject to S437(1) or SAO? 238

 

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). We
can only provide this information for primary age children as the LA does
not co-ordinate any mid-year admissions for secondary age pupils, or for
some primary schools. The average time from application to admission is 4
weeks.

 

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? No

 

9. If s19 is provided, how many hours education per week are put in place?
Not applicable

 

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dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint and
send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

 

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directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Please remember that, generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have first exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF. [1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

Yours sincerely,

Yvonne Jackson

 Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

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