Children Not In School

Dear Bradford City Council,
How many staff make up your SEND department?

How many staff make up your EHE department?

What is the staffing structure of your Education department.

Are all your SEND staff and EHE staff trained in EOTIS (s61 Children and Families Act) S19 educational provision (s19 Education Act), and EHE (parental choice s7 Education Act)?

If not trained what percentage of staff are trained in all three areas, and what percentage are trained in each area and what percentage have not received this training?

How do you ensure your SEND staff gives accurate information to parents whose child has an EHCP and are considering EHE rather than EOTIS or s19?

What is the current 2024 Job description for your Front line EHE staff.

What is the current 2024 Job description for your Front line SEND staff

What is the current 2024 Job description for your EHCP co-ordinater

What procedures do you have in place to ensure a parent with a child with SEND who chooses to EHE is not indirectly discriminated against?

What procedures do you have in place to ensure a parent with a child with SEND who chooses a special school place or believes EOTIS is the correct Educational setting for their child is not forced into EHE?

Yours faithfully,

Yours faithfully,

Michelle McAuley

Children Not In School

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Dear Ms McAuley,

 

I refer to your request dated 30 September 2024 under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. To enable me to proceed with your request, I will
require further details in order to identify and locate all the requested
information. 

 

In order to help us to provide the information required, please could you
clarify the following:

 

What do you mean by ‘SEND department’? Are you specifically requesting
staff who are part of the SEND Assessment team for EHC Plans?

 

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Dear Bradford City Council,

How many staff make up your SEND department?

 

How many staff make up your EHE department?

 

What is the staffing structure of your Education department.

 

Are all your SEND staff and EHE staff trained in EOTIS (s61 Children and
Families Act) S19 educational provision (s19 Education Act), and EHE
(parental choice s7 Education Act)?

 

If not trained what percentage of staff are trained in all three areas,
and what percentage are trained in each area and what percentage have not
received this training?

 

How do you ensure your SEND staff gives accurate information to parents
whose child has an EHCP and are considering EHE rather than EOTIS or s19?

 

What is the current 2024 Job description for your Front line EHE staff.

 

What is the current 2024 Job description for your Front line SEND staff

 

What is the current 2024 Job description for your EHCP co-ordinater

 

What procedures do you have in place to ensure a parent with a child with
SEND who chooses to EHE is not indirectly discriminated against?

 

What procedures do you have in place to ensure a parent with a child with
SEND who chooses a special school place or believes EOTIS is the correct
Educational setting for their child is not forced into EHE?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Michelle McAuley

 

Children Not In School

 

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Children Not In School

Dear ELSARs and FOIs,
Thank you for requesting clarification, I mean all members of SEN team so include SEN assessment teams but also EHCP teams and LA base SEN professionals such as EP, OT if you have them internally.

Yours sincerely,
Michelle McAuley
Children Not In School

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Dear Ms McAuley,

 

I refer to your request dated 30 September 2024 under the Freedom of
Information Act asking to supply the following information:

 

1.        How many staff make up your SEND department?

2.        How many staff make up your EHE department?

3.        What is the staffing structure of your Education department.

4.        Are all your SEND staff and EHE staff trained in EOTIS (s61
Children and  Families Act) S19 educational provision (s19 Education Act),
and EHE  (parental choice s7 Education Act)?

5.        If not trained what percentage of staff are trained in all three
areas,  and what percentage are trained in each area and what percentage
have not  received this training?

6.        How do you ensure your SEND staff gives accurate information to
parents  whose child has an EHCP and are considering EHE rather than EOTIS
or s19?

7.        What is the current 2024 Job description for your Front line EHE
staff.

8.        What is the current 2024 Job description for your Front line
SEND staff

9.        What is the current 2024 Job description for your EHCP
co-ordinater

10.     What procedures do you have in place to ensure a parent with a
child with  SEND who chooses to EHE is not indirectly discriminated
against?

11.     What procedures do you have in place to ensure a parent with a
child with  SEND who chooses a special school place or believes EOTIS is
the correct Educational setting for their child is not forced into EHE?

 

The Council’s response is set out below:

 

1.        SENDIAT- 37 FTE

SEND Support- 18 FTE

Educational Psychology – 39 FTE

SEND Transformation – 3.5 FTE

SEND Compliance – 3 FTE

Local Offer – 1FTE

 

Please note that this does not include any specialist teachers.

 

2.        Five.

 

3.        See attached structure.

 

4.        No.

 

5.        Your request for information has been considered by the Council
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that the
information requested is not held by Bradford Council and therefore, this
response acts as a refusal notice under section 17(1) of the Freedom of
Information Act in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Act.

 

6.        Your request for information has been considered by the Council
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that the
information requested is not held by Bradford Council and therefore, this
response acts as a refusal notice under section 17(1) of the Freedom of
Information Act in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Act.

 

7.        See attached Education Safeguarding Officer job profile.  To
note that EHE is only part of their role.

 

8.        See attached job profiles.

 

9.        See attached job profile.

 

10.     The information requested is exempt from release under section 21
of the Freedom of Information Act as it is reasonably accessible in the
public domain and can be located via the following link:  

 

Where a parent chooses EHE information is shared via the following EHE
guidance: [1]Home education | Bradford Council.

 

Please note, if you do not have access to the internet, facilities are
available for you to use at your local library.  

  

In accordance with section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information Act, this
response acts as a refusal notice under the provisions of section 21 of
the Act.  

 

11.     The information requested is exempt from release under section 21
of the Freedom of Information Act as it is reasonably accessible in the
public domain and can be located via the following link:  

 

The Local Authority does not force any parent into considering EHE.  Where
a parent chooses EHE information is shared via the following EHE guidance:
[2]Home education | Bradford Council.

 

Please note, if you do not have access to the internet, facilities are
available for you to use at your local library.  

  

In accordance with section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information Act, this
response acts as a refusal notice under the provisions of section 21 of
the Act.  

 

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, if you are not
satisfied with the reply to your request, you can ask for a review. A
request for a review must be submitted within 40 working days by emailing
us at [3][Bradford City Council request email] or by writing to Corporate Information
Governance Team, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, City
Hall, Centenary Square, Bradford, BD1 1HY.

 

If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review you
have the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner who can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113       URL: [4]www.ico.org.uk.

 

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is registered with the
Information Commissioners Office (ICO) under the provisions of the Data
Protection Act 2018. The Council takes its responsibilities under the Act
very seriously. 

 

To find out more on how we handle your information, please click on the
following link: [5]https://www.bradford.gov.uk/privacy-notice

 

Yours sincerely

 

Stu Barratt

Head of Services -  SEND Integrated Assessment, Transformation and
Compliance

Childrens Services

[6][email address]

Britannia House, Broadway, Bradford, BD1 1HX

 

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Department of Children's Services

 

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Dear Ms McAuley,

 

I refer to your request dated 30 September 2024 under the Freedom of
Information Act asking to supply the following information:

 

1.        How many staff make up your SEND department?

2.        How many staff make up your EHE department?

3.        What is the staffing structure of your Education department.

4.        Are all your SEND staff and EHE staff trained in EOTIS (s61
Children and  Families Act) S19 educational provision (s19 Education Act),
and EHE  (parental choice s7 Education Act)?

5.        If not trained what percentage of staff are trained in all three
areas,  and what percentage are trained in each area and what percentage
have not  received this training?

6.        How do you ensure your SEND staff gives accurate information to
parents  whose child has an EHCP and are considering EHE rather than EOTIS
or s19?

7.        What is the current 2024 Job description for your Front line EHE
staff.

8.        What is the current 2024 Job description for your Front line
SEND staff

9.        What is the current 2024 Job description for your EHCP
co-ordinater

10.     What procedures do you have in place to ensure a parent with a
child with  SEND who chooses to EHE is not indirectly discriminated
against?

11.     What procedures do you have in place to ensure a parent with a
child with  SEND who chooses a special school place or believes EOTIS is
the correct Educational setting for their child is not forced into EHE?

 

The Council’s response is set out below:

 

1.        SENDIAT- 37 FTE

SEND Support- 18 FTE

Educational Psychology – 39 FTE

SEND Transformation & Compliance and Local Offer – 7.5 FTE

 

Please note that this does not include any specialist teachers.

 

2.        Five.

 

3.        See attached structure.

 

4.        No.

 

5.        Your request for information has been considered by the Council
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that the
information requested is not held by Bradford Council and therefore, this
response acts as a refusal notice under section 17(1) of the Freedom of
Information Act in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Act.

 

6.        Your request for information has been considered by the Council
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that the
information requested is not held by Bradford Council and therefore, this
response acts as a refusal notice under section 17(1) of the Freedom of
Information Act in accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the Act.

 

7.        See attached Education Safeguarding Officer job profile.  To
note that EHE is only part of their role.

 

8.        See attached job profiles.

 

9.        See attached job profile.

 

10.     The information requested is exempt from release under section 21
of the Freedom of Information Act as it is reasonably accessible in the
public domain and can be located via the following link:  

 

Where a parent chooses EHE information is shared via the following EHE
guidance: [1]Home education | Bradford Council.

 

Please note, if you do not have access to the internet, facilities are
available for you to use at your local library.  

  

In accordance with section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information Act, this
response acts as a refusal notice under the provisions of section 21 of
the Act.  

 

11.     The information requested is exempt from release under section 21
of the Freedom of Information Act as it is reasonably accessible in the
public domain and can be located via the following link:  

 

The Local Authority does not force any parent into considering EHE.  Where
a parent chooses EHE information is shared via the following EHE guidance:
[2]Home education | Bradford Council.

 

Please note, if you do not have access to the internet, facilities are
available for you to use at your local library.  

  

In accordance with section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information Act, this
response acts as a refusal notice under the provisions of section 21 of
the Act.  

 

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, if you are not
satisfied with the reply to your request, you can ask for a review. A
request for a review must be submitted within 40 working days by emailing
us at [3][Bradford City Council request email] or by writing to Corporate Information
Governance Team, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, City
Hall, Centenary Square, Bradford, BD1 1HY.

 

If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review you
have the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner who can be
contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113       URL: [4]www.ico.org.uk.

 

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is registered with the
Information Commissioners Office (ICO) under the provisions of the Data
Protection Act 2018. The Council takes its responsibilities under the Act
very seriously. 

 

To find out more on how we handle your information, please click on the
following link: [5]https://www.bradford.gov.uk/privacy-notice

 

Yours sincerely

 

Stu Barratt

Head of Services -  SEND Integrated Assessment, Transformation and
Compliance

Childrens Services

[6][email address]

Britannia House, Broadway, Bradford, BD1 1HX

 

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Department of Children's Services

 

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of the information contained in it or attached, and all copies must be
deleted immediately.  Whilst we take reasonable steps to try to identify
any software viruses, any attachments to this e-mail may nevertheless
contain viruses which our anti-virus software has failed to identify.  You
should therefore carry out your own anti-virus checks before opening any
documents.  Bradford Council will not accept liability for damage caused
by computer viruses emanating from any attachment or other document
supplied with this e-mail.  E-mails may be subject to recording and/or
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