Autumn term 2025/26

Elective home education

This publication provides data reported by local authorities on children in elective home education (EHE) in England.

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  • Elective home education at census date

    Local authority, National, Regional

    The number of children in elective home education in England at the census date in each term by sex, year group and primary reason for EHE.

    Number of rows
    58,968
    Indicators
    • Number of EHE children on census date
    • Percentage of EHE children on census date
    • Rate of EHE children on census day by population
    Filters
    • EHE children on census date by characteristics
    Time period
    2022/23 Autumn term to 2025/26 Autumn term
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  • Elective home education at any point in the academic year

    Local authority, National, Regional

    The number of children in elective home education in England at any point in the academic year. Includes the number of starts in EHE, number of returns to education, section 437(1) notices issued, school attendance orders issued and revoked

    Number of rows
    655
    Indicators
    • Number of EHE children at any point during the year
    • Number of EHE children returning to school during the year
    • Number of EHE children who leave the local authority during the year
    Time period
    2021/22 to 2024/25
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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Coverage

The release provides information on the number of children in elective home education in England at census date in each term, plus the number of children in elective home education education at any time in the previous academic year. The methodology document should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.

File formats and conventions

Local authority and regional data has been rounded to the nearest 10, national figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 

The following convention is used throughout the underlying data. 

x - unavailable

z - not applicable

low - denotes figures based on count that rounds to 0, but is not 0. Figures may not sum to breakdowns due to rounding.

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Contact us

If you have a specific enquiry about Elective home education statistics and data:

Attendance and exclusions statistics team

Email: schools.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Pauline Potts

Press office

If you have a media enquiry:

Telephone: 020 7783 8300

Public enquiries

If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:

Phone: 0370 000 2288

Opening times

Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)

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