Out of School Tuition/Elective Home Education:
The Aims of the Service:
Out of School Tuition (OOST). The service aims to supplement and
support education normally accessed in the pupil’s school, for the
following:
- A pupil is too ill or has medical circumstances that
prevent attendance at school for a long period of time.
- A pupil is permanently excluded from school and is waiting
alternative educational provision.
- Other approved circumstances.
Wherever possible Out of School Tuition is provided in a local
venue, not in the home.
Elective Home Education - The service aims to comply with the
LEAs statutory duty to monitor those pupil’s whose parents have
elected to educate their child/children at home.
Accessing the Service
Out of School Tuition:
The Service is accessed by an open referral system.
1. Medical Reasons – support agreed on written medical evidence
from hospital consultant
2. Permanent Exclusion – Pupil Support Service make provision
from the 16th school day of the exclusion. Pupil Exclusion
3. Other – After due consideration of written evidence and
individual circumstance.
Elective Home Education
Following the parental decision to ”Educate at Home”, it is the
parents responsibility to inform the school, or the Pupil Support
Service in those cases where a child is not on a school roll. The
Education Welfare Officer refers to the Co-ordinator. The
Co-ordinator liaises with the family regarding the curriculum
requirements. Monitoring is ongoing and home visits are
offered on a termly basis.
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