Decision details
Elective Home Education
Decision Maker: Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To provide the Committee with an update on the
levels of pupils being Electively Home Educated and the
Council’s oversight of this group of learners.
Decision:
(a) That the Committee was assured about the Council’s discharge of its duties in relation to Elective Home Education;
(b) That the Committee acknowledged the challenges faced by the Education Welfare Team in fulfilling their statutory functions with rising numbers of EHE pupils in Flintshire;
(c) That the Committee reinforce the need for continued financial support from Welsh Government to further develop and secure the Council’s services and resources in relation to Elective Home Education; and
(d) That a letter be written to the WG to encourage the creation of a national register for children who were educated at home.
Report author: Claire Homard
Publication date: 21/12/2021
Date of decision: 21/10/2021
Decided at meeting: 21/10/2021 - Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Accompanying Documents:
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