FOI Request - Home Education Data

Request 101003861451

1) Please provide the number of home educated children known to your local authority as of the  30th September 2025.

2) Please state how many of these started home education/became known to your service after 25th July 2025.

3) Please state how many home educated children are currently considered CME or not in receipt of a suitable education. This question relates to any child that was known to be home educated before concerns arose

4) What is the status of the children counted in question 3,  for example the child has moved out of the area and address now unknown, notified the education is not suitable, served a s437(1) notice to satisfy, or served an SAO (in Scotland attendance order was served).  

5) State how many s437(1) have been served since the 30/9/2024 to 30/9/2025.

6) How many SAOs (attendance order in Scotland) served in that same time period.

7) Clarify whether the s437(1) and SAO figures are per parent/caregiver or per child.

8) Explain the status of each SAO (attendance order), for example the child was sent to school upon receipt of the SAO, awaiting court date, home education deemed suitable therefore SAO revoked.

Response 21-10-2025

1.  108

2.  10

3.  0

4.  N/A

5.  0

6.  0

7.  N/A

8.  N/A