FOI Request - Home Educated Children Not In School

Request 101003616680

1. How many home educated children does your LA currently have recorded?
2. How many households do these children come from?
3. In the last 12 months how many s437(1) formal notices to satisfy have you served on parents regarding home educated children?
4. How many School Attendance Orders (SAOs) (attendance order in Scotland) have been served on children that were known to be home educated until the SAO was served?
5. What was the outcome of each SAO? (for example, prosecuted for non compliance (please explain the outcome from court), revoked (please explain why the SAO was revoked). ) 6. How many children do you have recorded as a Child Missing Education (CME) that are not subject to S437(1) or SAO?
7. In the last 12 months, what is the range of time period between a parent requesting the LA provide a school place and the child starting at the school? (for example a home educated child that wishes to go to school, or a family has moved to the area and wants a school place).
8. In the period of time, between the parental request and the initial start date at school, has the LA put in place education for the child under s19 Education Act?
9. If s19 is provided, how many hours education per week are put in place?

Response 13-09-2024

Updated 04-10-2024

1. 91

2. 71

3. 0

4. 0

5. Not applicable

6. 0

7. All requests to attend school are submitted electronically and are immediately uploaded to the central education team if they are a placing request, and directly to the school if they are in zone. All placing requests are normally dealt with within a week and often more quickly, depending on responses from schools. The maximum time for a placing request to be dealt with is 8 weeks by law. In terms of schools, they are able to enrol the pupil immediately if they are in zone, and if all their needs can be safely met.

8. Where there are additional needs that require to be met, temporary educational provision can be provided.

9. Not held. This is totally dependent on the needs of the child. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.