Home educated children (EHE)

1) EHE -

a) Please provide the number of home educated children known to your local authority as of the 1st April 2026

b) how many of these became known since 1st October 2025?

c) how many of these are in 14-16 access college and still registered as EHE?

d) how many of these are flexi-schooled/part time EHE and part time school?

e) how many of these were previously attending private school before being EHE?

2) CME -

a)How many children moved from EHE status to CME status between 1 October 2025 and 1 April 2026? This includes those where you dual categorise as EHE and CME.

b) How many of these remain CME?

3) s437(1) England and Wales Notice to satisfy - Section 37(1) in Scotland.

a) State how many s437(1) or 37(1) have been served between 1/10/2025 and 1/4/2026- This is in relation to home educated children (including those you may have transferred to CME prior to serving notice).

b) How many were served more than one notice per child in this period?

c) Please confirm whether your figures are recorded per notice, per child, or per parent.

4) SAO School attendance order England and Wales - AO attendance order in Scotland

a) How many SAOs/AO were served in that same time period. This is in relation to home educated children (including those you may have transferred to CME prior to serving).

b) How many were subject to more than one per child in this period?

c) Please confirm whether your figures are recorded per order, per child, or per parent.

5) SAO/AO outcomes - For each SAO/AO identified in Question 4, please provide the outcome, including (but not limited to): Child registered at school before escalation to court (state if SAO was revoked) SAO revoked due to education deemed suitable Prosecution initiated Prosecution outcome (e.g. conviction, acquittal, withdrawn) Any other recorded outcome

6) Reasons for Section 437(1) or 37(1) Notices Please provide the recorded reasons for serving Section 437(1) notices in Question 3. This should include any internal categories, codes, or descriptors used (e.g. insufficient information, provided written information but chose not to meet, refusal to provide photos to back up a written report, no response, etc.). Where no formal categories exist, please provide a summary based on case records.

7) Resolution Following Section 437(1) or 37(1) In cases where no further action was taken following a Section 437(1) notice, or where the authority accepted the education as suitable, please state what actions led to that decision (e.g. written report, meeting, home visit, samples of work, etc.).

8) SAO/AO Revocation Prior to Court For SAOs/AOs that were revoked prior to court proceedings, please provide the reasons for revocation, including what evidence or specific actions led to the decision. (e.g. written report, meeting, home visit, samples of work, etc.).

9) Recording Practices

a) Does your authority record EHE and CME as mutually exclusive categories?

b) Can a child be recorded as CME while also being known to be home educated?

c) Does your authority maintain a record of children who have moved between EHE and CME categories? d) If yes, what is the process for this classification?

10) Home Visits a) How many EHE families had a home visit between 1 October 2025 and 1 April 2026 b) How many families had more than one visit in this time period?

11) SEN -

a) how many of the known home educators in question 1 have an EHCP?

b) how many have known SEND without an EHCP?

EHE

1a) There are 2603 home educated children known to the local authority as of the 1st April 2026

b) 771 of these became known since 1st October 2025

c) Information not held d) Information not held e) 10 were previously attending private school before being EHE

2. CME

a) 322 children moved from EHE status to CME status between 1 October 2025 and 1 April 2026

b) 3 of these remain CME

3a) 322 were opened based on EHE

b) 3 were served more than one notice in this period

c) Per child

4a) 65 SAOs/AO were served in that same time period

b) 0

c) Per child

5) CME - 3

Attending named school - 7

Attending other school - 5

Suitable EHE - 8

Process ongoing/not yet confirmed on roll – 42

6) CME Found - No Provision in Place - 8

Failed EHE Advisor Visit - 3

No 10-Day EHE Submission - 77

No EHE Plan in Place - 8

No Response to EHE Letters - 203

Other - 8 Unsuitable EHE - 31

7) In cases of suitable EHE, this would be following from a Suitable outcome given by an EHE advisor, either based on a phone call or a submission

8) 1 Case revoked so far this academic year, due to Suitable EHE Outcome

9a) Yes the authority records EHE and CME as mutually exclusive categories

b) No

10a) 0

b) 0 SEN

11a) 200 known home educators in question 1 have an EHCP

b) This information is not recorded