Please may you provide me with the following information, relating to Alternative Provision (AP) tuition and mentoring arranged by the Local Authority which is external.
1. The total number of children and young people who undertook external Alternative Provision tutoring or mentoring placements each academic year, going from 2021/22 to 2023/24 and more recent dates if available.
On census day 2024 – 1245 children and young people were place in Education Otherwise Than At School (EOTAS) provision.
On census day 2023 – 1080 children and young people were place in EOTAS provision.
2. For each of these years, where data is available, please split this number of children and young people by:
a. The number of children and young people who received online vs face to face Alternative Provision tutoring and mentoring
b. The number children and young people who received group classes vs 1-to-1 tutoring vs 2-to-1
c. The number of children and young people placed into external Alternative Provision tuition and mentoring split by different LA teams, for example SEND team, Inclusion team, LAC Virtual School, other.
For questions 2a-c, we do not hold this information.
d. Pupil characteristics of children and young people placed into external Alternative Provision tuition and mentoring:
i. Number of pupils with SEND, split further by primary need:
1. Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH)
2. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
3. Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
ii. Number of Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) holders
iii. Number of Looked After Children (LAC)
iv. Number of English as an Additional Language (EAL) students
2024
SEMH – 541
ASD – 371
SLCN – 160
EHCP – 1172
2023
SEMH – 462
ASD – 322
SLCN – 113
EHCP – 1074
We do not hold information relating to LAC or EAL students as part of the AP Census.
3. The funding spent by the Local Authority each academic year on external Alternative Provision tuition and mentoring placements for children and young people, from 2021/22 to 2023/24.
We only hold the spend per Financial Year, as per our reporting cycle, not academic year as requested.
| Total (£) | |
| 2021/22 | 2,568,289 |
| 2022/23 | 4,127,864 |
| 2023/24 | 7,411,642 |
4. Please share any forecasts or budgets for future Local Authority spend on external Alternative Provision tuition and mentoring.
Budgeted spend
2025/26 £10,262,538
5. When external Alternative Provision tuition and mentoring is required for children and young people:
a. What providers do the local authority use for Alternative Provision.
b. The number of young people referred to each provider.
This information can be found at the following link Alternative Provision tutoring mentoring.
Information that says redacted is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Personal Data).
Devon County Council can confirm the requested information is held; however, the Council cannot disclose personal information if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the UK General Data Protection Regulation. In this instance release of this information may identify the pupil using each provider. This would risk a disclosure of their personal information and would contravene the first data protection principle. Therefore, the information is withheld.