{"id":12730,"date":"2022-02-09T14:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/?page_id=12730"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:42:17","slug":"elective-home-education-facts-and-figures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/education\/education-statistics\/elective-home-education-facts-and-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Elective Home Education facts and figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2023-24 Elective Home Education (EHE) figures compared to previous years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Number of EHE registered children as a percentage of the school population (Note: these figures represent all children and young people who were registered as EHE at some point during the year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Year<\/th>No. of registered children<\/th>% of total school population<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2019-20<\/td>1907<\/td>2.1<\/td><\/tr>
2020-21<\/td>2389<\/td>2.6<\/td><\/tr>
2021-22<\/td>2502<\/td>2.7<\/td><\/tr>
2022-23<\/td>2951<\/td>3.1<\/td><\/tr>
2023-24<\/td>3515<\/td>3.8<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Percentage of boys compared to girls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic year<\/th>% boys<\/th>% girls<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2019-20<\/td>51.4<\/td>48.6<\/td><\/tr>
2020-21<\/td>50.2<\/td>49.8<\/td><\/tr>
2021-22<\/td>47.8<\/td>52.2<\/td><\/tr>
2022-23<\/td>47.4<\/td>52.6<\/td><\/tr>
2023-24<\/td>47.3<\/td>52.7<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Number of EHE registered children with an Education Health Care Plan (Note: these figures represent all children and young people who were recorded as EHE with an EHCP at some point during the year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic year<\/th>No. with EHCP<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2019-20<\/td>166<\/td><\/tr>
2020-21<\/td>197<\/td><\/tr>
2021-22<\/td>217<\/td><\/tr>
2022-23<\/td>240<\/td><\/tr>
2023-24<\/td>323<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Number of EHE children at each Key Stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic year<\/th>KS1<\/th>KS2<\/th>KS3<\/th>KS4<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2019-20<\/td>270<\/td>553<\/td>534<\/td>550<\/td><\/tr>
2020-21<\/td>367<\/td>776<\/td>718<\/td>528<\/td><\/tr>
2021-22<\/td>294<\/td>731<\/td>872<\/td>605<\/td><\/tr>
2022-23<\/td>282<\/td>757<\/td>1131<\/td>781<\/td><\/tr>
2023-24<\/td>308<\/td>818<\/td>1379<\/td>1010<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Reasons for EHE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main reason<\/th>2023-24 all registered students<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Accessing a school place<\/td>41<\/td><\/tr>
Did not get school preference<\/td>16<\/td><\/tr>
Dissatisfaction with school – SEND<\/td>100<\/td><\/tr>
Dissatisfaction with school – bullying<\/td>112<\/td><\/tr>
Dissatisfaction with school – general<\/td>363<\/td><\/tr>
Health concerns – Covid 19<\/td>60<\/td><\/tr>
Lifestyle choice<\/td>168<\/td><\/tr>
Mental health<\/td>774<\/td><\/tr>
No reason recorded<\/td>11<\/td><\/tr>
Other<\/td>315<\/td><\/tr>
Parent\/guardian no reason<\/td>6<\/td><\/tr>
Permanent exclusion<\/td>8<\/td><\/tr>
Philosophical or preferential<\/td>470<\/td><\/tr>
Physical health<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
Religious reasons<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Risk of school exclusion<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
Unknown (at point of registration) *<\/td>993<\/td><\/tr>
Suggest\/pressure from school<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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  • This information is often provided subsequently by parents when visited by a member of the EHE team or through parents providing their own report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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