Regarding the training provided to staff involved in Elective Home Education (EHE) within your authority, for the past five years, please provide the following:
1. Training Content and Scope
Details of all formal and informal training provided to EHE staff relating to home education.
Information on whether this training includes coverage of the diverse range of home education styles, inspirational educators and pedagogies, including (but not limited to): unschooling, democratic, self -directed, Steiner, Waldorf, Montessori inspired, Charlotte Mason, structured, school-at-home approaches, Classical education, semi structured, Child-led, project-based learning, experiential learning, and eclectic methods.
2. Training Materials
Copies of any training materials, guidance documents, presentations, or manuals used in delivering this training over the past five years.
3. Training Frequency and Requirements
How often EHE staff are required to undertake training related to home education practices.
Whether ongoing professional development in this area is mandatory or optional.
4. External Input and Expertise
Details of any external organisations, consultants, or home education representatives involved in designing or delivering training within the past five years.
5. Any mechanisms in place to incorporate feedback from home educating families into staff training.
6. Assessment and Evaluation
How the effectiveness of EHE training is assessed.
7. Any internal or external evaluations conducted within the past five years regarding staff understanding of the diversity of home education styles and pedagogies, including unschooling approaches.
In response to questions 1-7, Devon County Council does not hold this information. This is because the previous home education service was disbanded and interim staff are managing current operations, meaning that historic structured training records are not held.
By way of assistance, we can confirm that those staff covering the interim service are qualified teachers with level 3 Safeguarding training and have professional knowledge of a range of home education approaches and educational styles.