Online tutoring

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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,

I am writing to you to request information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Please tell me:

-How many pupils have received online tutoring at home that was paid for by the council between September 1 2017 and August 31 2018? Please indicate how many children were primary school age and how many children were secondary school age.

Note: I am requesting information relating to ALL children who receive some or all of their schooling at home. This would include those who are electively home-schooled, as well as those who have some or all of their classes at home as part of their mainstream schooling, or as part of alternative provision.

For these children, I am requesting information relating to online learning. This would include children who receive some or all of their tuition over Skype (or similar services), or using e-learning tutoring tools. It would include instances where the council has hired a member of staff specifically to carry out this online tuition, as well as instances where an external company is being paid to provide the service.

-Please provide the same information (total number of pupils, broken down by primary/secondary) for the same period (Sept 1 - Aug 31) for each of these years: 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14.

-How much was spent on providing this online tutoring? Please provide the figure in pounds for each of the school years listed above (2013/14 - 2017/18), broken down by school year.

-Please provide the name(s) of the organisation(s) providing the online tutoring for home-schooled children.

Yours faithfully,
Shanti Das

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Ms Das

 

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request in which you
asked:

 

 

-How many pupils have received online tutoring at home that was paid for
by the council between September 1 2017 and August 31 2018? Please
indicate how many children were primary school age and how many children
were secondary school age.

Note: I am requesting information relating to ALL children who receive
some or all of their schooling at home. This would include those who are
electively home-schooled, as well as those who have some or all of their
classes at home as part of their mainstream schooling, or as part of
alternative provision.

For these children, I am requesting information relating to online
learning. This would include children who receive some or all of their
tuition over Skype (or similar services), or using e-learning tutoring
tools. It would include instances where the council has hired a member of
staff specifically to carry out this online tuition, as well as instances
where an external company is being paid to provide the service.

-Please provide the same information (total number of pupils, broken down
by primary/secondary) for the same period (Sept 1 - Aug 31) for each of
these years: 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14.

-How much was spent on providing this online tutoring? Please provide the
figure in pounds for each of the school years listed above (2013/14 -
2017/18), broken down by school year.

-Please provide the name(s) of the organisation(s) providing the online
tutoring for home-schooled children.

 

 

Wirral Council can advise that the home education service does not utilise
online courses on a long term basis, all teaching is carried out face to
face.  In relation to looked after children, we can advise that during
periods of transition between schools, we are able to commission Nisai
online learning to support children who, for whatever reason, find
themselves temporarily out of education. We register them for Maths,
English and Science modules in order to bridge the gaps in schooling.

 

However, this is a transitional measure and children do not stay on this
intervention for long, therefore the data is very fluid as children come
in and out of this intervention and do not stay on this as an educational
provision. As a result, we do not hold accurate information requested in
this matter as our provider, Nisai, maintains detailed reports not the
Authority. We have requested information from Nisai under our duty to
advise and assist you, however, in terms of your enquiry and what
information the Council currently holds, we are unable to assist further
in this enquiry.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Lynette Paterson

Principal Information Management Officer

Wirral Council

Business Management - ICT

Treasury Building

Argyle Street

Birkenhead

Wirral

CH41 1AH

 

Tel: 0151 691 8201

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