Please provide the following data on Elective Home Education (EHE):
1) The number of school pupils who were newly registered as EHE each academic year for 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24.
2018-19 | 908 |
2019-20 | 746 |
2020-21 | 1189 |
2021-22 | 988 |
2022-23 | 1301 |
2023-24 | 867 (01/09/2023 – 28/02/2024) |
2) If time allows, please could you also provide the total number of school pupils who were registered for EHE in each of the same academic years (this time, the total number, rather than just those newly registered)?
2018-19 | 1955 |
2019-20 | 1932 |
2020-21 | 2408 |
2021-22 | 2543 |
2022-23 | 3009 |
2023-24 | 2848 (01/09/2023 – 28/02/2024) |
3) Additionally, please could you provide the number of pupils who have moved from EHE back into school in the same academic years?
2018-19 | 345 |
2019-20 | 373 |
2020-21 | 516 |
2021-22 | 479 |
2022-23 | 433 |
2023-24 | 326 (01/09/2023 – 28/02/2024) |