Home Schooling
Case reference FOI2022/00882
Published 30 June 2022
Request
We would like to request the following data;
Number of primary age children currently in elective home education
Number of secondary age children currently in elective home education
We believe you are likely to hold this information split by primary and secondary ages.
However, if this is not available then we would like the following instead; Total number of children currently in elective home education
Response
Q1, Number of primary age children currently in elective home education
A1. 95 children were statutory primary age (AGED 5-10YRS AS AT 31/08/2021)
Q2. Number of secondary age children currently in elective home education
A2. 175 children were statutory secondary age (AGED 11-15YRS AS AT 31/08/2022)
Q3. We believe you are likely to hold this information split by primary and secondary ages. However, if this is not available then we would like the following instead;
Total number of children currently in elective home education
A3. As at 10 June 2022 there were a total of 283 children recorded as receiving elective home education
9 children were below statutory school age
4 children were above statutory school age
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