50 Children not in Education Policy
The committee is provided with a copy of the Families & Children’s Service Policy on Children Missing Out On Education/Children Missing Education/Elective Home Education.
Included are the following documents/reports:
Elective Home Education:
Children Missing Out on Education/Children Missing Education
Members are asked to comment on the reports and documents provided.
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
Consideration was given to a report by Terence Herbert, Corporate Director, which provided a copy of the following policies:-
(1) Elected Home Education, and
(2) Children Missing Out on Education/Children Missing Education
Members were pleased to see the development of these two policies and generally supported their contents. It was suggested that the draft letter to parents as set out on page 62 of the report be slightly amended so as to refer to suitable education rather than appropriate education, thus being consistent with the other draft letters to parents with children being home educated.
It was reported that statistical information on children missing out on education/children missing education was being held on a database.
After some discussion,
Resolved:
(1) To receive a briefing session to present the new dataset on Elective Home Education and Children Missing Education.
(2) To receive the Elective Home Education and Children Missing Education dataset annually at Children’s Select Committee.