FOI-5442 Elective home education

Home education and child protection plans

  1. How many children in your local authority area are being home educated?
    On 24 January 2025, 250 children were being home educated.

     

  2. How many children in your local authority area are currently on a child protection plan?
    137

     

  3. Of these, how many are home educated?
    0

     

  4. How many children in your local authority area are subject to an enquiry under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989?
    11

     

  5. Of these, how many are home educated?
    One

     

  6. How many home educated children in total are either on a child protection plan or subject to an enquiry under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989? (E.g. for a child for which both is true, counting them once)
    One

     

  7. How many children in your local authority have you identified as being at risk of sexual exploitation?
    126 children (aged 17 and under) have been identified as at risk of sexual exploitation through single assessments.