Electively home educated policies - Find a freedom of information request

Request

Please can you provide your current policies and procedures as of November 22 about the following:

1. Your current policy on children that are electively home educated, and your current procedures including any template letters used in relation to how you make initial contact with a new home education family, and how you make the decision in relation to if a child's home education received is suitable or not.

2. Your current policy on Education Other Than At School (EOTAS) and current procedure for families to access EOTAS were appropriate for their child.

3. Your current policy and procedure on personal budgets concerning education provision detailed in Education, Health and Care Plan’s (EHCPs).

4. Your current policy and procedures in relation to children missing education.

Decision

1. Please see attached template letters. Elective Home Education (EHE) protocol - https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/2607/elective-home-education-protocol

2. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) do not hold this information. LCC have some young people who have Education Health and Care Plans and are EOTAS. The Special Educational needs and disability (SEND) cases are personalised and based on needs and provision required following statutory assessment.

3. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/start-send/identifying-supporting-send/9

4. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/school-attendance/pupil-attendance

Reference number
5594121
Date request received
21 November 2022
Date of decision
7 December 2022