I’d like the following information.

1. For each academic year including and between 2013/2014 and 2023/2024 - how many children were registered with your council as being home educated? (if required you may exclude the data for years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 due to data anomalies caused by the COVID 19 Pandemic)
2013-14: data unavailable
2014-15: data unavailable
2015-16: data unavailable
2016-17: 165
2017-18: 216
2018-19: 209
2019-20: 249
2020-21: 341
2021-22: 360
2022-23: 369
2023-24: 396

2. For each academic year including and between 2013/2014 - how many children were registered with your council as being home educated are flagged as having disabilities or SEN needs. (If required you may exclude data for years 2019/2020 and 2021/2021 due to data anomalies caused by the COVID 19 pandemic)
2013-14: data unavailable
2014-15: data unavailable
2015-16: data unavailable
2016-17: 35
2017-18: 47
2018-19: 42
2019-20: 51
2020-21: 61
2021-22: 74
2022-23: 83
2023-24: 115

3. For each academic year, including and between 2013/2014 and 2023/2024 - what were the reasons given by parents notifying the council of their decision to home educate as to why they were opting to home educate their children, and the numbers for each reason.
2013-14: data unavailable
2014-15: data unavailable
2015-16: data unavailable
2016-17: data unavailable
2017-18: data unavailable
2018-19: data unavailable
2019-20: data unavailable

2020-21:
Parental choice: 41
Mental health: 40
Ill health: 5
Unhappy with school: 38
Bullying: 1
GRT culture: 46
PEX: 1
Relocation/moving school: 61
SEND: 7
Covid: 50
Unknown/unrecorded: 51
Total: 341

2021-22:
Parental choice: 58
Mental health: 52
Ill health: 4
Unhappy with school: 37
Bullying: 6
GRT culture: 53
PEX: 2
Relocation/moving school: 67
SEND: 4
Covid: 45
Unknown/unrecorded: 32
Total: 360

2023-23:
Parental choice: 102
Mental health: 55
Ill health: 5
Unhappy with school: 32
Bullying: 9
GRT culture: 52
PEX: 4
Relocation/moving school: 61
SEND: 3
Covid: 12
Unknown/unrecorded: 34
Total: 369

2023-24:
Parental choice: 144
Mental health: 72
Ill health: 4
Unhappy with school: 36
Bullying: 11
GRT culture: 47
PEX: 2
Relocation/moving school: 47
SEND: 11
Covid: 5
Unknown/unrecorded: 17
Total: 396