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<p>As defined in the Section 436A of the Education Act 1996, children missing education
(CME) are children of compulsory school age who are not registered pupils at a school
and are not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.</p><p>The data
shows that 1,310 children were CME, and 1,500 children were electively home educated
in Worcestershire at any point in the 2021/22 academic year, the only year for which
data is currently available. The data is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/elective-home-education"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/elective-home-education</a>,
and at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education</a>.</p><p>The
Department also started collecting data on the number of school attendance orders
(SAOs) in 2022. The number of SAOs issued in Worcestershire in 2021/22 has been suppressed
in line with the Department’s publication methodology. This means that the figure
is not zero, but rounds to zero. This is the only year for which data is currently
available.</p><p> </p>
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