Elective home education 2017-2021
Case reference FOI2022/00664
Published 22 June 2022
Request
Q1. How many children are currently known as being electively home educated in the local authority?
Q2. Of those children, how many have:
a. no known Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)?
b. Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with and without EHCPs?
Q3. How many pupils were deregistered from school to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
Q4. How many children with no known Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) were deregistered from school to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
Q5. How many children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with and without EHCPs were deregistered from school to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
Q6. How many children were deregistered from special schools to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
Q7. How many children under mental health services, such as CAMHS, were deregistered from school to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
Response
Q1. How many children are currently known as being electively home educated in the local authority?
293 (as of 27th May 2022)
Q2. Of those children, how many have:
a. no known Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)?
b. Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with and without EHCPs?
a. no known Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)? - 233
b. Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with and without EHCPs? - 20 have EHCPs. SEND without EHCP is known as "SEN Support" and is locally designated by schools so Herefordshire Council are not able to report this.
Q3. How many pupils were deregistered from school to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
a. July 2021 - 9
b. July 2020 - 2
c. July 2019 - 4
d. July 2018 - 1
e. July 2017 - 2
Q4. How many children with no known Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) were deregistered from school to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
a. July 2021 - 5
b. July 2020 - 2
c. July 2019 - 3
d. July 2018 - 0
e. July 2017 - 2
Q5. How many children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with and without EHCPs were deregistered from school to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
As per the response to Question 2, this response is only reporting pupils known to have an EHCP:
a. July 2021 - 0
b. July 2020 - 0
c. July 2019 - 0
d. July 2018 - 0
e. July 2017 - 0
Q6. How many children were deregistered from special schools to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
a. July 2021 - 0
b. July 2020 - 0
c. July 2019 - 0
d. July 2018 - 0
e. July 2017 - 0
Q7. How many children under mental health services, such as CAMHS, were deregistered from school to be electively home educated in the local authority in:
a. July 2021
b. July 2020
c. July 2019
d. July 2018
e. July 2017
The information requested is not held by Herefordshire Council.
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