FOI request (FOIR-659554474)

Home education

Requested Mon 04 November 2024
Responded Mon 11 November 2024

1. For each academic year including and between 2013/2014 and 2023/2024, how many children were registered with your council as being home educated? If required, you may exclude the data for years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 due to data anomalies caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2. For each academic year including and between 2013/2014 and 2023/2024, how many children were registered with your council as being home educated are flagged as having disabilities or SEN needs? If required, you may exclude data for years 2019/2020 and 2021/2021 due to data anomalies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. For each academic year including and between 2013/2014 and 2023/2024, what were the reasons given by parents notifying the council of their decision to home educate as to why they were opting to home educate their children, and the numbers for each reason? For example if there were 32 parents who cited bullying as a reason, or 52 who cited mental health, or 100 that did it for philosophical reasons, please do cite both the reasons, and the number of parents. If required, you may exclude the data for years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 due to data anomaly caused by COVID-19 pandemic.

Response

Information not held.

Schools and Education are dealt with by East Sussex County Council, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk