Number of school-age children categorise as Children Missing Education (CME) in Herefordshire 2019
Case reference FOI2023/00913
Published 27 June 2023
Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
1. In 2019, how many school-age children did the local authority categorise as Children Missing Education (CME), as set out in Section 436A Education Act 1996.
2. As of the date of this request, how many school-age children does the local authority currently categorise as Children Missing Education (CME), as set out in Section 436A Education Act 1996.
For clarification: Children missing education are children of compulsory school age who are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education elsewhere.
In addition to this, I would like the following information:
1. How many Education Welfare Officers, or equivalent school attendance roles, were employed by the local authority in:
a) 2013
b) on the date of this request.
Response
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
1. In 2019, how many school-age children did the local authority categorise as Children Missing Education (CME), as set out in Section 436A Education Act 1996.
In the academic year 2018 - 2019 72 cases were referred in as CME.
2. As of the date of this request, how many school-age children does the local authority currently categorise as Children Missing Education (CME), as set out in Section 436A Education Act 1996.
As of June 9th 2023 Herefordshire have 3 open CME cases.
For clarification: Children missing education are children of compulsory school age who are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education elsewhere.
In addition to this, I would like the following information:
1. How many Education Welfare Officers, or equivalent school attendance roles, were employed by the local authority in:
a) 2013
We had 7 EWO's employed by Herefordshire council in 2013.
b) on the date of this request.
None. There was a restructure in 2013 and since then schools have employed either an EWO themselves but more commonly they have someone employed as an attendance officer or often it is mixed in with another role so maybe pastoral and attendance or behaviour and attendance officers.
This information may be held by the schools themselves, who are public authorities in their own right under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. A list of schools in Herefordshire, with links to further information including their contact details, is available on the council's website via the below link:
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