Home education census information

* On October census day in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, how many children and young people were you aware of being electively home educated in your local area?

2022 – 1714

2021 – 1519

2020 – 1508

2019 – 1238

2018 – 1126

* On October census day in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, what percentage of your statutory school aged (5 – 16) population were electively home educated?

2022 – 1.95%

2021 – 1.6%

2020 – 1.5%

2019 – 1.2%

2018 – 1.2%

* How many formal notifications for elective home education were made in each of the last four academic years (2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20 and 2018-19)?

2021-22 – 931

2020-21 – 1181

2019-20 – 697

2018-19 – 845

* Of the notifications in each year, how many were from a) mainstream schools and b) special schools

This information is not held as we do not collate it

* Please rank, in order from highest to lowest, the Key Stage groups with the highest number of notifications for EHE between in each of the last four academic years

2021-22 – KS3, KS2, KS4, KS1

2020-21 – KS2, KS3, KS4, KS1

2019-20 – KS2, KS4, KS3, KS1

2018-19 – KS3, KS4, KS2,(4&2 joint equal) KS1

* During each of the last four academic years, how many local children were known to be electively home educated at any point across the academic year (the cumulative total)?

2021-22 – 2502

2020-21 – 2389

2019-20 – 1907

2018-19 – 1940

* What percentage of the total number of children who are electively home educated have an education, health and care plan (EHCP) as captured on census day in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018?

2022 – 7.5%

2021 – 10.3%

2020 – 7.2%

2019 – 8.0%

2018 – 5.1%