Disclosure Log

Question

For the purposes of this request:

“Electively Home Educated (EHE)” refers to any child of compulsory school age not registered at a school and whose education is primarily the responsibility of their parent/carer, regardless of how recorded by the local authority.

Please include children currently recorded as EHE, and those recorded as CME where they were previously known to be EHE prior to being moved to CME.

“Compulsory school age (CSA)” refers to children aged 5 to 16.

Where exact data is not held, please provide the closest available data and explain any limitations.

1 - Population Data

a) Please provide

i) the total population of children in your area as of 1 April 2026

ii) how many of those are CSA

b) i) Total number of children known to Children’s Services as of 1 April 2026

ii) how many of those are pre CSA

iii) how many are post CSA

c) Number of those in b) recorded as EHE (as defined above)

2 - Referrals

Between 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026:

a) Total number of referrals to Children’s Services for CSA children

b) Number of referrals involving children recorded as EHE

c) Of those involving EHE how many children received more than one referral?

d) Of the referrals involving EHE children, how many involved children known to services due to adoption-related support?

3 - Section 47 Enquiries (Child Protection Investigations) Between 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026:

a) Total number of Section 47 enquiries for CSA children

b) Number involving EHE children

4 - Child Protection Plans (CPP)

Between 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026:

a) Total number of CSA children subject to a Child Protection Plan

b) Number of those children who are EHE

5 - Children in Need (CIN)

a) Total number of CSA children recorded as Children in Need

b) Number of those children who are EHE

c) Of the EHE children recorded how many are due to accessing disability services in the local offer?

d) Of the EHE children recorded how many are recorded as receiving adoption-related support?

6 - Children in Care (Looked After Children)

a) Total number of CSA children in care

b) Number of those children who were EHE immediately prior to entering care

7 - Outcomes of Referrals (EHE vs Overall) For referrals identified in Question 2:

Please provide a breakdown of outcomes for:

No further action

Early help offered and if it was accepted/declined Child in need offered and if it was accepted/declined Section 47 enquiry initiated Please indicate, where possible, whether adoption-related involvement was a factor in EHE cases.

Provide this for:

a) All children

b) EHE children

8 - Reasons for Referral

Please provide the recorded primary reasons for referral for EHE children (e.g. neglect, physical abuse, emotional abuse, education concerns, etc.).

If “education concerns” is a category, please specify how many referrals were solely due to concerns about education provision.

9 - Source of Referrals

For EHE children, please provide the source of referrals (e.g. school, GP, hospital, police, local authority EHE team, family, anonymous, etc.).

10 - Internal Recording Practices

a) Does your authority record EHE status within Children’s Services systems?

b) If so, at what stage is this recorded (e.g. referral, assessment, ongoing case)?

c) If not, how would EHE children be identified within safeguarding data?

Answer

Please note that = Currently on our social care system EHE is recorded inconsistently and sporadically which is why we are unable to provide consistent accurate data sets at this current moment, we have provided data where available.

We have included dataset from our disclosure log, this is sat below your requested data

1 . Population data a) Please provide:

i) the total population of children in your area as of 1 April 2026 - 11085

ii) how many of these are compulsory school age (CSA) - 8132

a) Please provide

i) the total population of children in your area as of 1 April 2026 = This figure isn’t something that we hold within the social care

b) i) Total number of children known to Children’s Services as of 1 April 2026 = 930 Children

ii) how many of those are pre CSA = 153 Pre CSA

iii) how many are post CSA = 51 Post CSA

c) Number of those in b) recorded as EHE (as defined above) = We do not hold this data so would not be able to provide numbers for those classed as Electively Home Educated

2 - Referrals

Between 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026:

a) Total number of referrals to Children’s Services for CSA children = 3382

b) Number of referrals involving children recorded as EHE = We do not hold data pm EHE as mentioned.

c) Of those involving EHE how many children received more than one referral? = Unable to answer due to EHE aspect of question

d) Of the referrals involving EHE children, how many involved children known to services due to adoption-related support? = Unable to answer due to EHE aspect of question

3 - Section 47 Enquiries (Child Protection Investigations) Between 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026:

a) Total number of Section 47 enquiries for CSA children = 115 Section 47 enquiries on CSA Children

b) Number involving EHE children = Unable to answer due to EHE aspect of question

4 - Child Protection Plans (CPP)

Between 1 April 2025 and 1 April 2026:

a) Total number of CSA children subject to a Child Protection Plan = 163

b) Number of those children who are EHE = Unable to answer due to EHE aspect of question

5 - Children in Need (CIN)

a) Total number of CSA children recorded as Children in Need = At this current moment in time unable to provide data on children in Need

b) Number of those children who are EHE = Unable to answer

c) Of the EHE children recorded how many are due to accessing disability services in the local offer? = Unable to answer

d) Of the EHE children recorded how many are recorded as receiving adoption-related support? = Unable to answer

6 - Children in Care (Looked After Children)

a) Total number of CSA children in care = 127 At any point during the year

b) Number of those children who were EHE immediately prior to entering care = Unable to answer due to EHE aspect of question

7 - Outcomes of Referrals (EHE vs Overall) For referrals identified in Question 2:

Please provide a breakdown of outcomes for:

No further action

Early help offered and if it was accepted/declined Child in need offered and if it was accepted/declined Section 47 enquiry initiated Please indicate, where possible, whether adoption-related involvement was a factor in EHE cases.

Provide this for:

a) All children

b) EHE children

8 - Reasons for Referral

Please provide the recorded primary reasons for referral for EHE children (e.g. neglect, physical abuse, emotional abuse, education concerns, etc.).

If “education concerns” is a category, please specify how many referrals were solely due to concerns about education provision.

9 - Source of Referrals

For EHE children, please provide the source of referrals (e.g. school, GP, hospital, police, local authority EHE team, family, anonymous, etc.).

= Unable to answer 7,8,9 Due to EHE nature of questions

10 - Internal Recording Practices = Currently on our social care system EHE is recorded inconsistently and sporadically which is why we are unable to provide consistent accurate data sets at this current moment.

a) Does your authority record EHE status within Children’s Services systems?

b) If so, at what stage is this recorded (e.g. referral, assessment, ongoing case)?

c) If not, how would EHE children be identified within safeguarding data?

I looked on our disclosure log and found this information on EHE

1) EHE -

a) Please provide the number of homes educated children known to your local authority as of the 1st April 2026 122

b) how many of these became known since 1st October 2025? 45

c) how many of these are in 14-16 access college and still registered as EHE? 0

d) how many of these are flexi-schooled/part time EHE and part time school? 1

e) how many of these were previously attending private school before being EHE? 0

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. No single total is available due to the fluid movement between EHE and CME.

b) How many of these remain CME? 2 as at 31st March 2026.