Education act 1996, Section 19
Case reference FOI2026/00723
Received 22 March 2026
Published 13 April 2026
Request
All questions are about education act 1996, Section 19
Q1: How many children in the last financial year (24/25) was provided a section 19 support by the local authority? (not including any S19 support put in place by the school)
Q2: What reason under the law was the children above given one in the following category? illness permanent exclusion otherwise (if possible how many was down to bullying in this category)
Q3: How many days after of the above children's non attendance was S19 support put in place by the local authority?
Q4: How many of the above S19 support was a direct result of the social ombudsman?
Q5: Has this council ever refused to provide a Section 19 for the reason its the school's responsibility to provide S19 or if the child is enrolled at a school if so how many times has been reason been used?
Response
All questions are about education act 1996, Section 19
Q1: How many children in the last financial year (24/25) was provided a section 19 support by the local authority? (not including any S19 support put in place by the school)
A: 59
Q2: What reason under the law was the children above given one in the following category?
illness
A: 23
permanent exclusion
A: 28
otherwise (if possible how many was down to bullying in this category)
A: 8 - none through bullying.
Q3: How many days after of the above children's non attendance was S19 support put in place by the local authority?
A: This information is not held. DfE data at Local Authority level only shows last academic year.
Q4: How many of the above S19 support was a direct result of the social ombudsman?
A: None
Q5: Has this council ever refused to provide a Section 19 for the reason its the school's responsibility to provide S19 or if the child is enrolled at a school if so how many times has been reason been used?
A: Guidance and information given back to school in 15 cases based on reportable data.
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