Q1. The number of children recorded as being educated at home for a least one period during each of the academic years.
For the academic years 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 this information is available on our website:
http://www.babcockldp.co.uk/ehe
2017/18 (1st September 2017 to 27th March 2018) – 1,261
Q2 For children newly recorded as being home schooled in each academic year ( 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 (to date)), please provide a breakdown for each year by the school year the child is in
Recorded as Key Stage – please refer to the above website for years 2013/14 and 2014/15.
For further years, please see the attached table available via the link below:
Q3 For children newly recorded as being home schooled (2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 (to date)), please provide a breakdown for each year by reasons (if any) given for leaving formal education.
Please see the attachment referred to in response to Q2 above.
Q 4 The number of children returning to formal schooling after being educated at home during each of the following academic years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 (to date)
2013/14: 58
2014/15: 130
2015/16: 122
2016/17: 148
2017/18: 157
Q5 For children returning to formal schooling after being educated at home during each of the following academic years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 (to date), please provide a breakdown for each year by the school year the child is in.
Devon County Council does not hold this information.
Q6 For children returning to formal schooling after being educated at home during each of the following academic years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 (to date), please provide a breakdown for each year by reasons (if any) given for leaving formal education
Devon County Council does not hold this information.
Q7 For each of the following academic years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 (to date), how many times has the local authority asked for evidence that home schooling is providing a suitable education.
All registered EHE parents are requested to provide evidence of home education provision at least once.
Q8 The number of school attendance orders issued to children that were being home schooled during each of the following academic years: 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 (to date)
Unfortunately, due to pupil confidentiality we cannot provide the data and respond to this question. Pupil numbers have been suppressed in accordance with Department for Education confidentiality policy on publication of data (pupil cohorts 5 or less are suppressed).