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Elective Home Education

Information for families Electively Home Educating in Torbay

The law requires every child of statutory school age to be educated, either by regular attendance at school or, if parents choose, at home, providing the child receives an efficient full-time education suitable –

(1) to their age, ability and aptitude, and

(2) to any special educational needs they may have.

If you choose to make your own arrangements to educate your child at home you will be fully responsible. The Local Authority does not provide any assistance with examination costs, curriculum materials or additional resources.  The decision to educate your child at home is a big step; it will take a considerable amount of your time, energy and money. Please read through the guidelines booklet below if you are considering elective home education.

Home Education Guidelines
A guide to help parents/carers understand what may be involved if they are considering electively home educating their child outside the school system

If you decide to electively home educate and your child currently attends a school, it is important to inform the school by writing to the Headteacher.

If you are electively home educating in Torbay, please complete the voluntary registration form and return this to ehe@torbay.gov.uk.  This can be downloaded by clinking on the tab below.

Download the home education voluntary registration form 

Once the local authority is aware that a child is electively home educated, the EHE Team will contact parents to request information on the education at home.

Torbay Elective Home Education Team contact information:

Email:  ehe@torbay.gov.uk                       

Tel No:  01803 206473 Business Support, Elective Home Education Team

Postal address:  Elective Home Education Team, Torbay Education, 2^nd Floor, Electric House, Castle Circus, Torquay, TQ1 3DR

EHE Lead Professional:  David Bevan

Senior Head of Vulnerable Students Team:  Dan Hamer

For more information about Elective Home Education, explore this web page and all the information and resources it provides.

A copy of the Elective Home Education Policy and Procedures document can be requested by contacting the Elective Home Education Team. 

Torbay Council work hard to provide our customers with the best possible service.  Many people wish to compliment us on what we do for example where a member of staff has been particularly helpful or polite or where a service has exceeded expectation or where a policy has resulted in great customer satisfaction.  Sometimes, however, we are unable to meet our customers’ expectations, and as with compliments, when we have done something well, we use any complaints as learning points to try and improve our services.  Any complaint about the Elective Home Education Team, should be through the central councils complaints procedure, which can be found at https://www.torbay.gov.uk/feedback/

South Devon College - Elective Home Education Scheme

Please click the image below to learn more about this very successful programme, which provides a broad and diverse Key Stage 4 curriculum for learners in year 10 & 11. 

‘Seasonal Flu Vaccination’ 

The free annual flu vaccination is currently being offered to all children born between 1^st September 2011 and 31^st August 2018 (equivalent of school years Reception to 6). Please see Home Educated Flu vacination offer letter for further details.