Elective Home Education (EHE) - Find a freedom of information request

Request

As a freedom of information request, please provide the following data on Elective Home Education (EHE):

1) The number of school pupils who were newly registered as EHE each academic year for:

-2018-19

-2019-20

-2020-21

-2021-22

-2022-23

-2023-24

2) If time allows, please could you also provide the total number of school pupils who were registered for EHE in each of the same academic years (this time the total number rather than just those newly registered).

3) Additionally, if time allows, please could you provide the number of pupils who have moved from elective home education back into school in the same academic years?

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1

Year

Total number of New EHE pupils during Academic Year

 

2018-19

610

 

2019-20

554

 

2020-21

1031

 

2021-22

883

 

2022-23

1152

 

2023-24

797

     

2

Year

Total Number of Pupils to have been EHE during the Academic Year

 

2018-19

1439

 

2019-20

1400

 

2020-21

1944

 

2021-22

2129

 

2022-23

2485

 

2023-24

2376

     

3

Year

Total number of EHE pupils to have returned to School during the academic year

 

2018-19

407

 

2019-20

295

 

2020-21

476

 

2021-22

524

 

2022-23

605

 

2023-24

366

Reference number
FOI 9072375
Date request received
27/02/24
Date of decision
18/03/24