I would like to know, for the following years, how many so-called ‘obesity letters’ are sent out and crucially what percentage of school children in your region that is.
If they are for different ages (e.g year three and year six) please clarify that too.https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/fat-letter-sent-by-schools-to-parents-should-be-scrapped-say-experts-a6728891.html
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
If they are sent out multiple times a year please provide information for all periods.
Letters sent to parents/carers by Devon County Council with results of measurements undertaken as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) do not use the term Obesity.
Please note that the figures for the 2022/23 academic year are not yet available
The number of children falling into this category for the years requested is as follows:
| Reception Aged Children | ||
| Letters sent | % of total pupils | |
| 2017-2018 | 955 | 12 |
| 2018-2019 | 694 | 9 |
| 2019-2020 | 633 | 9 |
| 2020-2021 | 145 | 2 |
| 2021-2022 | 794 | 11 |
| Year 6 Aged Children | ||
| Letters sent | % of total pupils | |
| 2017-2018 | 1439 | 19 |
| 2018-2019 | 1321 | 17 |
| 2019-2020 | 1180 | 15 |
| 2020-2021 | 272 | 4 |
| 2021-2022 | 1718 | 20 |