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Children Missing Education (CME), Elective Home Education (EHE), School Admissions and Rejections
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following aggregated, numeric data regarding children of compulsory school age within your local authority. Please provide the figures for each of the following calendar years: 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 (up to the most recent data checkpoint). If retrieving data for all four years exceeds the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Act, please prioritise and provide the data ONLY for the years 2025 and 2026 to ensure this request can be fulfilled. Please provide the following counts:
1. Children Missing Education (CME)
The total number of children recorded on your Children Missing Education (CME) register (children of compulsory school age who are not on a school roll and not registered as home-educated).
a) How many of these children have an active Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan?
b) How many are recorded as receiving SEN Support?
2023: Total: 17 EHCP: 11 SEN Support: 6
2024: Total: 26 EHCP: 25 SEN Support: less than 5
2025: Total: 10 EHCP: 10 SEN Support: 0
2026: Total: 6 EHCP: 6 SEN Support: 0
2. Elective Home Education (EHE)
The total number of children recorded on your Elective Home Education (EHE) database (homeschooled).
a) How many of these children have an active EHC plan?
b) How many are recorded as receiving SEN Support?
2023: 370 recorded as EHE at any time during the year, 16 of which had an EHCP and 77 were recorded as receiving SEN support
2024: 421 recorded as EHE at any time during the year, 20 of which had an EHCP and 95 were recorded as receiving SEN support
2025: 508 recorded as EHE at any time during the year, 32 of which had an EHCP and 122 were recorded as receiving SEN support
2026 (to 22 July 2026): 454 recorded as EHE at any time during the year, 27 of which have an EHCP and 115 are recorded as receiving SEN support
3. School Admissions and Rejections
The total number of children currently registered as Elective Home Educated (EHE) whose parents/guardians applied for an in-year admission to a mainstream school within your local authority but were refused/rejected a place.
We do not report on this, the system does not allow us to run a report to show which families chose to EHE following an unsuccessful in-year application.
