Request
As at the date of your response, please provide the following information regarding children and young people with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan in your local authority area:
1. The number of children/young people with an EHC Plan who are currently awaiting allocation of a special school place.
2. The number of children/young people currently educated otherwise than at school (e.g. via a Section 19 arrangement) while awaiting a specialist placement.
3. The number of children/young people currently receiving interim or alternative tuition while awaiting a specialist placement.
4. The number of children/young people placed in an independent special school because no maintained (state) special school place was available.
5. The average waiting time, in weeks, between an EHC Plan naming a school or type of provision and the child/young person starting at that placement, for the most recent 12 months for which you hold data.
6. A breakdown of (1) above by primary type of need (e.g. ASD, SEMH, SLCN, MLD, other), if held.
Response
Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The education authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.