1. Registered Pupil No. (All Pupils)
Please include the total number of pupils registered at any educational setting during the academic year. Please include the total number of children known to you across all educational settings within your local authority area. Please DO NOT exclude children who live outside of your local authority area. Under the Year 12 and 13 columns, please include children studying either their first or second year at college or sixth form.
| Academic Year | Year Reception | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 | Year 12 | Year 13* | Total |
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Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, Devon County Council is not obliged to provide this information as it is already available on this website.
2. Registered Pupil No. (Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils Only)
Please include the total number of pupils registered at any educational setting during the academic year. Please include the total number of children known to you across all educational settings within your local authority area. Please include any child registered as Gypsy, Roma or Traveller, or any other variation of these groups, such as Romani or Irish Traveller. Please DO NOT include children registered as Showmen, Boaters or any other variation of New Age Travellers. Please DO NOT exclude children who live outside of your local authority area.
| Academic Year | Year Reception | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 | Year 12 + | Year 13 + | Total |
| 2007 – 2008 | The information for this academic year is not held electronically, and Devon County Council therefore believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 – 2009 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | * | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 2009 – 2010 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | * | * | * | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 2010 – 2011 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | * | 4 | * | * | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| 2011 – 2012 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | * | * | * | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| 2012 – 2013 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | * | 4 | 6 | * | * | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 2013 – 2014 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | * | 5 | * | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| 2014 – 2015 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | * | 5 | * | 0 | 116 |
| 2015 – 2016 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | * | 4 | 0 | 106 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | * | 0 | 117 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | * | 0 | 126 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| 2019 – 2020 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| 2020 – 2021 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| 2021 – 2022 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
+ Under the Year 12 and 13 columns, please include children studying either their first or second year at college or sixth form.
* Please note, an * denotes information that, if disclosed, would contravene the first data protection principle of the Data Protection Act 2018, by making the children identifiable. As such, Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data) is applied, and this information is exempt.
3. Elective Home Education (EHE) and School Attendance Orders (SAO) – (All Children)
Please include data from all children who fall geographically under your local authority area.
| Academic Year | No. of Children Registered as Electively Home Educated (EHE) | No. of School Attendance Orders Issued to Parents Regarding an EHE Child | No. of School Attendance Orders Issued |
| 2007 – 2008 | 621 | For data before 2019, Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. This is because to comply with this request we would have to manually examine thousands of records. Even allowing five minutes for each record, this would take well in excess of 18 hours. | For data before 2019, Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. This is because to comply with this request we would have to manually examine thousands of records. Even allowing five minutes for each record, this would take well in excess of 18 hours. In the interests of providing advice and assistance, we can confirm that since 2019, there have been 27 school attendance orders issued. |
| 2008 – 2009 | 666 | ||
| 2009 – 2010 | 458 | ||
| 2010 – 2011 | 634 | ||
| 2011 – 2012 | 560 | ||
| 2012 – 2013 | 521 | ||
| 2013 – 2014 | 750 | ||
| 2014 – 2015 | 766 | ||
| 2015 – 2016 | 1,018 | ||
| 2016 – 2017 | 1,275 | ||
| 2017 – 2018 | 1,588 | ||
| 2018 – 2019 | 1,940 | ||
| 2019 – 2020 | 1,907 | 6 | |
| 2020 – 2021 | 2,389 | 14 | |
| 2021 – 2022 | 2,446 | * |
Please note that Devon County Council does not serve School Attendance Orders on EHE children. If the EHE team consider education not to be suitable, they will be deemed a Child Missing Education (CME) and referred to the CME team for a School Attendance Order to be progressed.
* Please note, an * denotes information that, if disclosed, would contravene the first data protection principle of the Data Protection Act 2018, by making the children identifiable. As such, Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data) is applied, and this information is exempt.
4. Elective Home Education (EHE) and School Attendance Orders (SAO) – (Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils Only)
Please include any child registered as Gypsy, Roma or Traveller, or any other variation of these groups, such as Romani or Irish Traveller. Please DO NOT include children registered as Showmen, Boaters or any other variation of New Age Travellers.
| Academic Year |
No. of Children Registered as Electively Home Educated (EHE) Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils Only |
No. of School Attendance Orders Issued to Parents Regarding an EHE Child Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils Only |
Total No. of School Attendance Orders Issued Under Any Circumstance Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils Only |
| 2007 – 2008 | For data before 2020, Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. This is because to comply with this request we would have to manually examine thousands of records. Even allowing five minutes for each record, this would take well in excess of 18 hours. | For data before 2019, Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. This is because to comply with this request we would have to manually examine thousands of records. Even allowing five minutes for each record, this would take well in excess of 18 hours. | For data before 2019, Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. This is because to comply with this request we would have to manually examine thousands of records. Even allowing five minutes for each record, this would take well in excess of 18 hours. |
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| 2019 – 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 – 2021 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 – 2022 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Please note: There are some students where no ethnicity was provided therefore, we cannot comment whether they are Gypsy, Roma or Traveller status.
School Attendance Orders are not served on EHE children. They need to be deemed Child Missing from Education (CME) by the EHE team before they are referred for a School Attendance Order.