FI15295

Request

1. For each academic year including and between 2013/2014 and 2023/2024 - how many children were registered with your council as being home educated? 

(if required you may exclude the data for years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 due to data anomalies caused by the COVID 19 Pandemic) 

2. For each academic year including and between 2013/2014 - how many children were registered with your council as being home educated are flagged as having disabilities or SEN needs 

(If required you may exclude data for years 2019/2020 and 2021/2021 due to data anomalies caused by the COVID 19 pandemic) 

3. For each academic year, including and between 2013/2014 and 2023/2024 - what were the reasons given by parents notifying the council of their decision to home educate as to why they were opting to home educate their children, and the numbers for each reason 

For example if there were 32 parents who cited bullying as a reason, or 52 who cited mental health or 100 that did it for philosophical reasons, please do cite both the reasons, and the number of parents 

(If required you may exclude the data for years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 due to data anomaly caused by COVID 19 pandemic)

Response

Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The education authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.