Policies and Procedures around children not educated within a school setting.

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Michelle Louise Zaher

Dear Bracknell Forest Borough Council,

Please can you provide your current policies and procedures as of November 22 about the following:

Your current policy on children that are electively home educated, and your current procedures including any template letters used in relation to how you make initial contact with a new home education family, and how you make the decision in relation to if a child's home education received is suitable or not.

Your current policy on EOTAS and current procedure for families to access EOTAS were appropriate for their child.

Your current policy and procedure on personal budgets concerning education provision detailed in EHCPs.

Your current policy and procedures in relation to children missing education.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Louise Zaher

Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Dear Michelle Louise Zaher

Thank you for your request for information, below, which was received by the Council (21/11/2022 ) and we will answer your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The FOI Act obliges us to respond to requests promptly, and in any case no later than 20 working days (by 19/12/2022 ) unless it is necessary to consider the public interest, in which case a full response must be provided within such a time as is reasonable in the circumstances and I will write to you again if this occurs.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Information Compliance Team
Legal Services
Delivery
Bracknell Forest Council
Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [Bracknell Forest Borough Council request email]
Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

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Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

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Dear Michelle Louise Zaher

 

I am writing to confirm that the council has completed the processing of
your request for information.

 

Please find below a copy of your request, followed by the Council’s
response.

 

Request

 

Please can you provide your current policies and procedures as of November
22 about the following:

 

1.Your current policy on children that are electively home educated, and
your current procedures including any template letters used in relation to
how you make initial contact with a new home education family, and how you
make the decision in relation to if  a child's home education received is
suitable or not. Attached

 

2.Your current policy on EOTAS and current procedure for families to
access EOTAS were appropriate for their child. We don’t have an EOTAS
policy. We have formed a task and finish group to write a policy and in
the meantime are following the IPSEA guidance.

 

3.Your current policy and procedure on personal budgets concerning
education provision detailed in EHCPs. Personal budget policy on the
public website [1]Personal Budgets Policy (bracknell-forest.gov.uk)

 

4.Your current policy and procedures in relation to children missing
education. Attached

 

 

 

If you have any queries about this matter please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Information Compliance Team

Legal Services

Delivery

Bracknell Forest Council

Tel: 01344 352000

Email: [email address]

Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

 

 

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