Elective Home Education
Case reference FOI2024/01466
Received 31 August 2024
Published 6 September 2024
Request
1) Please can you provide a copy of the initial contact letter sent to new home educators in your Local Authority?
2)(a) Is the initial contact letter the same whether the parent has de-registered from a school or been home-educating from the start, and you become aware of the family some other way?
2)(b) If they are different please provide a copy of both letters.
3) When was your EHE policy last updated?
4) Were local home educators involved directly in the process of reviewing the EHE policy when it was last updated?
Response
1) Please can you provide a copy of the initial contact letter sent to new home educators in your Local Authority?
Answer: Please see the attached ‘Initial Letter for EHE Referral’, as requested.
2)(a) Is the initial contact letter the same whether the parent has de-registered from a school or been home-educating from the start, and you become aware of the family some other way?
Answer: The Service Area have advised their initial contact letter to all parents is the same, although the first sentence of the letter may change depending on whether the parents or a school have made contact.
2)(b) If they are different please provide a copy of both letters.
Answer: Please see the response above.
3) When was your EHE policy last updated?
Answer: December 2023.
4) Were local home educators involved directly in the process of reviewing the EHE policy when it was last updated?
Answer: No.
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