Elective home education at any point in the academic year
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The number of children in elective home education (EHE) at any point in the academic year. Includes 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years only.
Includes the number of starts in EHE, number of returns to education, number of section 437(1) notices issued, number of school attendance orders and school attendance orders revoked
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Elective home education
- Release
- Academic year 2023/24
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of children who started EHE during the year
- Number of children who started EHE in the year with previous school type academy
- Number of children who started EHE in the year with previous school type alternative provision
- Time period
- 2021/22 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | ehe_starts_full_year | ehe_schtype_ey | ehe_schtype_none | ehe_schtype_lamain | ehe_schtype_acad | ehe_schtype_free | ehe_schtype_ind | ehe_schtype_spec | ehe_schtype_ap | ehe_schtype_pru | ehe_schtype_ehe | ehe_schtype_else_unk | ehe_schtype_ey_pc | ehe_schtype_none_pc | ehe_schtype_lamain_pc | ehe_schtype_acad_pc | ehe_schtype_free_pc | ehe_schtype_ind_pc | ehe_schtype_spec_pc | ehe_schtype_ap_pc | ehe_schtype_pru_pc | ehe_schtype_ehe_pc | ehe_schtype_else_unk_pc | ehe_anytime_full_year | ehe_returns_full_year | ehe_leave | ehe_section_437_full_year | ehe_sao_issued_full_year | ehe_sao_revoked_full_year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | 53200 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1 | 2 | 27 | 47 | 2 | 2 | low | low | 1 | 2 | 17 | 126100 | 19800 | 4300 | 3900 | 1100 | 200 | |||||
| 202223 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | 1820 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | low | 2 | 26 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | low | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4520 | 620 | 110 | 260 | 50 | 10 | |||
| 202223 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | 6260 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1 | 2 | 59 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | low | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14310 | 2750 | 470 | 360 | 110 | 30 | |||
| 202223 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | 4750 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1 | 3 | 25 | 54 | 1 | 2 | low | low | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11200 | 1980 | 280 | 290 | 100 | low | |||
| 202223 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | 5220 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1 | 1 | 15 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 1 | low | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11510 | 1710 | 290 | 700 | 180 | 10 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| ehe_anytime_full_year | Number of EHE children at any point during the year |
| ehe_leave | Number of EHE children who leave the local authority during the year |
| ehe_returns_full_year | Number of EHE children returning to school during the year |
| ehe_sao_issued_full_year | Number of school attendance orders issued |
| ehe_sao_revoked_full_year | Number of school attendance orders revoked |
Footnotes
- Local authority response rates to the data collection vary by census date. To account for non-response, national and regional figures have been uprated based on local authority pupil populations.
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