Freedom of information response

1. Understanding scale and nature of elective home education in your area 
    

• Have you seen an increase in the total number of children who are home educated during the last 6 years (2018/19-2023/24)?  (yes/no/don’t know) 
• Can you give us the total number of children who were EHE in the year 2018/19 and 2023/24?  (yes/no/don’t know)  

Has there has been an increase in the number of children on a Child in Need plan who are EHE over the last 6 years? (yes/no/don’t know) 

• Has there been an increase in the number of children on a Child Protection plan who are EHE over the last 6 years? (yes/no/don’t know) 
   

2. Understanding resource attributed to monitor and support EHE families in your area  
    

• At the time of this request, how many FTE staff are allocated to monitor and support EHE families? 
• Has the number of FTE staff allocated to monitor and support EHE increased over past 6 years? (yes/no/don’t know) 
• How many visits did your local authority make to EHE families in the year 2023/24? 
• Has the number of total visits increased over the past 6 years (2018/19-2023/24)? (yes/no/don’t know) 
• Has the number of school attendance orders increased over the past 6 years (2018/19-2023/24)? (yes/no/don’t know)