FOI release

Support for Home Educators

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Case reference FOI2025/01740

Received 2 September 2025

Published 11 September 2025

Request

We wish to ask for information pertaining to support your EHE team offers to home educators.

These questions are SOLELY about support from the EHE team, we are NOT asking about support to register in school, or services beyond the EHE team.

Question 1

a) Is support mentioned (either directly or indirectly) in EHE communications with home educators?

b) If yes, state whether this is in writing or verbal.

c) What is the wording used in the communication to convey support is available?

d) What support does the EHE service offer? For example financial, exam centre listings, advice around resources etc.

Question 2

a) If support is not mentioned, is any available?

b) if yes, what support does the EHE team offer? for example financial, exam centre listings, advice around resources etc.

Response

We wish to ask for information pertaining to support your EHE team offers to home educators.

These questions are SOLELY about support from the EHE team, we are NOT asking about support to register in school, or services beyond the EHE team.

Question 1

a) Is support mentioned (either directly or indirectly) in EHE communications with home educators?

b) If yes, state whether this is in writing or verbal.

c) What is the wording used in the communication to convey support is available?

d) What support does the EHE service offer? For example financial, exam centre listings, advice around resources etc.

Question 2

a) If support is not mentioned, is any available?

b) if yes, what support does the EHE team offer? for example financial, exam centre listings, advice around resources etc.

 

Answer: The information for questions 1 and 2 is publically available on our council website and can be viewed via the following link:

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/schools-education/home-education

1a) Please see the “What you need to know about home education” section via the link.

1b) In writing on the webpage via the link.

1c) Please see the webpage via the link.

1d) Please see the “Support and advice from the Elective Home Education (EHE) service” section, and the “Guidance for parents” link in the “Further resources “section, via the above link.

2a) Please see the webpage via the link.

2b) Please see the “Support and advice from the Elective Home Education (EHE) service” section, and the “Guidance for parents” link in the “Further resources “section, via the above link.

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

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