FOI Request - EHE Statistics 2026

Request 101003979323

Scottish clarification and reword:
1. EHE - electively home educated

a) Please provide the number of home educated children known to your local authority as of the 1st April 2026
b) how many of these became known since 1st October 2025?
c) how many of these are in 14-16 access college and still registered as EHE?
d) how many of these are flexi-schooled/part time EHE and part time school?
e) how many of these were previously attending private school before being EHE?

2. CME - child missing education

a) How many children moved from EHE status to CME status between 1 October 2025 and 1 April 2026? This includes those where you dual categorise as EHE and CME.
b) How many of these remain CME?

3. Notice to satisfy - Section 37(1) Education Act in Scotland.

a) State how many s37(1) have been served between 1/10/2025 and 1/4/2026- This is in relation to home educated children (including those you may have transferred to CME prior to serving notice).
b) How many were served more than one notice per child in this period?
c) Please confirm whether your figures are recorded per notice, per child, or per parent.

4. AO attendance order

a) How many AO were served in that same time period. This is in relation to home educated children (including those you may have transferred to CME prior to serving).
b) How many were subject to more than one per child in this period?
c) Please confirm whether your figures are recorded per order, per child, or per parent.

5. AO outcomes

For each AO identified in Question 4, please provide the outcome, including (but not limited to):
a) Child registered at school before escalation to court (state if AO was revoked)
b) AO revoked due to education deemed suitable Prosecution initiated Prosecution outcome (e.g. conviction, acquittal, withdrawn) Any other recorded outcome

6. Reasons for Section 37(1) Notices

a) Please provide the recorded reasons for serving Section 37(1) notices in Question 3.
This should include any internal categories, codes, or descriptors used (e.g. insufficient information, provided written information but chose not to meet, refusal to provide photos to back up a written report, no response, etc.).

Where no formal categories exist, please provide a summary based on case records.

7. Resolution Following Section 37(1)

a) In cases where no further action was taken following a Section 37(1) notice, or where the authority accepted the education as suitable, please state what actions led to that decision (e.g. written report, meeting, home visit, samples of work, etc.).

8. AO Revocation Prior to Court

a) For AOs that were revoked prior to court proceedings, please provide the reasons for revocation, including what evidence or specific actions led to the decision. (e.g. written report, meeting, home visit, samples of work, etc.).

9. Recording Practices

a) Does your authority record EHE and CME as mutually exclusive categories?
b) Can a child be recorded as CME while also being known to be home educated?
c) Does your authority maintain a record of children who have moved between EHE and CME categories?
d) If yes, what is the process for this classification?

10. Home Visits

a) How many EHE families had a home visit between 1 October 2025 and 1 April 2026
b) How many families had more than one visit in this time period?

11. ASN - Alternate Support needs

a) how many of the known home educators in question 1 have a Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP).?
b) how many have known ASN without a Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP).