Home Schooling and Online Tutoring - Find a freedom of information request

Request
  1. How many pupils were home-schooled using online tutoring paid for by the council between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018?

  2. How many of these children were primary school school age, and how many were secondary age?

  3. Please provide the same information (total number of pupils, broken down by primary/secondary) for the same period (1 September - 31 August ) for each of these years: 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2014/2015 and 2013/2014.  

  4. How much was spent on providing this online tutoring? Please provide the figure in pounds for each of the school years listed above (2013/2014 - 2017/2018), broken down by school year.

  5. Please provide the name(s) of the organisation(s) providing the online tutoring for home-schooled children.

Decision
  1. Four students.

  2. All four students were secondary age.

  3. Lincolnshire County Council had no students prior to 1 September 2017 using online tutoring.

  4. The cost of the provision was £3283.20.

  5. Lincolnshire County Council uses Academy 21, part of the Wey Education Group.

Reference number
FOI0126
Date request received
03 June 2019
Date of decision
28 June 2019