Home education

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Dear Wakefield City Council,
1. How many home educated children do you know to be in your
Authority area currently.

2. Of those home educated children, how many have been visited in
their own home by your officers, or their parents have met with
your officers at a mutually agreed location, in the last 12
months.

3. Of the remaining children for whom visits or meetings did not
take place, for how many have the education department received
written reports from the parents, third party reports or samples
of
work in the last 12 months.

4. Of those home educated children currently in your area, for how
many have the parents declined to provide any information at all
in the last 12 months

Yours faithfully,

Eloise Reardon

freedomofinformation, Wakefield City Council

Dear Ms Reardon,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which we received on 20th April 2015. It is our intention to have the information delivered to you by 19th May 2015.

I would like to inform you that all requests submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 might be subject to exemption(s), which the Authority is entitled to apply to refuse the request.

In some cases the Authority may also ask that a fee be paid for processing and delivering the information to you. Details of any fee to be charged, if applicable, will be notified to you as soon as possible.

Any future correspondence you may have in relation to this matter should be marked Private & Confidential and sent to the Freedom of Information Officer, Information Management Team, Room 115, County Hall, Wakefield WF1 2QW or e-mailed to [Wakefield City Council request email].

Yours sincerely

Galina Smithson
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 115, County Hall
Bond Street
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 2QW
Tel 01924 306112
e-mail: [email address]

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Smithson, Galina, Wakefield City Council

Dear Ms Reardon,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by the Authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

Please find the information you requested.

1. How many home educated children do you know to be in your Authority area currently.
136

2. Of those home educated children, how many have been visited in their own home by your officers, or their parents have met with your officers at a mutually agreed location, in the last 12 months.
101

3. Of the remaining children for whom visits or meetings did not take place, for how many have the education department received written reports from the parents, third party reports or samples of work in the last 12 months. 7

4. Of those home educated children currently in your area, for how many have the parents declined to provide any information at all in the last 12 months 4

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any further queries regarding this matter.

Yours sincerely
Galina Smithson
Freedom of Information Officer
Room 115, County Hall
Bond Street
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 2QW
Tel 01924 306112
e-mail: [email address]

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