Home Educated Students - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Home Educated Students
FOI Number: 15686
Date Received: 11/10/2021
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: Under FOISA 2002, please provide me with the following information:1. When the Local Authority receives a request from parents to remove their child's name from their school roll in order to exercise their right to Home Educate them, who (please specify services and individual roles) is normally contacted, (a) during the decision-making process and, (b) after a decision has been made.2. Please provide where in legislation or Statutory Guidance it specifically allows for Education Department at service level to go 'to' others during the decision-making process.3. Please provide the lawful basis used for the sharing of families' personal information during the decision-making process.
4. Please provide the reason for contacting others:(a) during the decision-making process and, (b) after a decision has been made.
Response: Under FOISA 2002, please provide me with the following information:
1. (a) Current school, Social Work if relevant
(b) (Current school)

2. Scottish Government Guidance 2007

3. Scottish Government Guidance 2007, information to be gathered from LA own information and social work/ children's reporter as required, this information is not shared with other agencies.
4. (a) As indicated with the Scottish Government Guidance to gather information to make an informed decision
(b) To inform the school that the child can be removed from the school roll.