School removals and children missing education

The number of notifications of removal from school roll (e.g. completion of notification forms) made to the local authority in each of the following school years, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 to date, broken down by school.

The use of the * symbol on the linked to spreadsheets means that we hold the information but as disclosure may identify individuals and breach their Data Protection rights we consider it to be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 40(2) Personal Data.

The number of notifications of removal from school roll made to the local authority in each of the following school years, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 to date, broken down by the reason given for removing the child from the school roll.

This information is not always recorded therefore we are unable to provide complete information. The above numbers include all reasons for children come off of a school roll including for house moves etc. It also includes where children come to the LA as part of an exchange programme before returning to their own country to conclude their education.Pupils who move out of county are removed from our Children Missing Education (CME) lists when another Local Authority (LA) acknowledges that the child is living in their LA and they will take on responsibility. Those pupils will not necessarily be on a school roll.

The number of child missing education (CME) referrals made to the local authority in each of the following school years, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 to date.

Devon County Council consider a child moving schools as CME until confirmation they are on another school’s roll is received whether in our county area or that of another local authority. The majority of referrals relate to school changes due to house moves where there may be a short delay in a child leaving one school to move and then start at another. Pupils who move out of county are removed from our Children Missing Education (CME) lists when another Local Authority (LA) acknowledges that the child is living in their LA and they will take on responsibility. Those pupils will not necessarily be on a school roll.