ill or SEND kids with insufficient support to stay in school In Salisbury Area
Dear Wiltshire Council,
How many times has the council been contacted by pupils or parents/carers of children who are not being supported by school to attend school because of illness or SEND (special educational need or disability)?
Please include students for who an EHCP is sought to fund support at school where school should be providing that support without EHCP
and also include students off-rolled.
Please report only for secondary school students (approx age 11-19) in the Salisbury Area giving the total number of students affected and the schools concerned. Please provide the same information for each year: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015.
For example. In year ...., total number of secondary students affected was..... and this was split into ...% attending/recently attending St Edmund's Girls' School, ....% South Wilts Grammar School, ...% St Joseph’s school, .....% Sarum Academy (excluding special SEMH unit), ....% Avon Valley, .....% Bishops Wordsworth, .....% Burgate, .....% Wyvern, .....% no senior school in last 2 years. etc.
Yours faithfully,
Miss B White
Dear Miss B White,
Freedom of Information Request Case ID 202000514
Thank you for your request for information received on 11 September 2020 in which you asked for the following information:
How many times has the council been contacted by pupils or parents/carers of children who are not being supported by school to attend school because of illness or SEND (special educational need or disability)?
Please include students for who an EHCP is sought to fund support at school where school should be providing that support without EHCP
and also include students off-rolled.
Please report only for secondary school students (approx age 11-19) in the Salisbury Area giving the total number of students affected and the schools concerned. Please provide the same information for each year: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015.
For example. In year ...., total number of secondary students affected was..... and this was split into ...% attending/recently attending St Edmund's Girls' School, ....% South Wilts Grammar School, ...% St Joseph’s school, .....% Sarum Academy (excluding special SEMH unit), ....% Avon Valley, .....% Bishops Wordsworth, .....% Burgate, .....% Wyvern, .....% no senior school in last 2 years. etc.
Your request is being processed under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and you will receive a response within 20 working days of receipt of your request, meaning you will receive a response on or before 08 October 2020.
Regards,
Sukhvir Kaur
Information Governance Team
Legal and Governance
Wiltshire Council
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Wiltshire Council
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Dear Miss B White
Freedom of Information Request Case ID 202000514
Thank you for your request for information received on 11 September 2020, in which you asked for the following information:
How many times has the council been contacted by pupils or parents/carers of children who are not being supported by school to attend school because of illness or SEND (special educational need or disability)?
Please include students for who an EHCP is sought to fund support at school where school should be providing that support without EHCP
and also include students off-rolled.
Please report only for secondary school students (approx age 11-19) in the Salisbury Area giving the total number of students affected and the schools concerned. Please provide the same information for each year: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) the Council is obliged to:
Let you know whether we hold the information you have requested
Provide you with the requested information, if held, (subject to any exemptions to disclosure that may apply)
I can confirm that following searches the council does not hold the information you requested.
Not all of this information would be recorded, for example if the learner was not named in the contact. The contact from pupils/parents could be received into a wide number of services and this would not be centrally collated (this is related to the continuum encompassed by illness and SEND).
If you are dissatisfied with the response to your request you can ask for a review of the handling of your request for information. Details of the complaints procedure are below.
Regards,
Sukhvir
Information Governance Team
Legal and Governance
Wiltshire Council
[Wiltshire Council request email]
Freedom of Information Complaints and Review Procedure
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Wiltshire Council
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Wiltshire, BA14 8JN
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Dear FOI,
Under Section 16, of the Freedom of Information Act you have an obligation to advise what, if any information may assist me with my request. I request you complete an internal review.
Please send only records of contacts with SEND and Education teams who might include Education Officer, Education Welfare Officer and Educational Psychologists.
Please only give me the number of contacts made where you have records of the contact within the organisation.
Yours sincerely,
Miss B White
Dear Madam,
Thank you for your email.
A review request has been created, this will be handled by Josie Convery (Senior Information Officier), who will be in contact with you directly regarding this.
Yours sincerely,
Sukhvir
Wiltshire Council
Leagal & Governance
Information Governance Team
County Hall – 1st Floor,
Trowbridge,
Wiltshire, BA14 8JN
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Dear Miss White,
Please find my acknowledgement letter attached.
Kind Regards,
Josie
Josie Convery
Senior Information Governance Officer – FOI and Records
Information Governance
Legal and Governance
Tel: 01225 712612
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Dear Miss White,
Please find my review response attached.
Kind Regards,
Josie
Josie Convery
Senior Information Governance Officer – FOI and Records
Information Governance
Legal and Governance
Tel: 01225 712612
Email: [1][email address]
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Dear Josie,
thank you for conducting the review and telling me that the council does not have this information.
Yours sincerely,
Miss B White
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