I refer to your recent request for information, questions below:

I can advise that no information is held in relation to your questions. As detailed in your request, all schools are required to have equal opportunity and community cohesion policies. As part of audits carried out in schools last summer progress on the community cohesion policies was checked, but this related more to whether the schools had begun work on them rather than the effectiveness of any such policies. This information may be held within schools, but as schools are separate authorities under the Act, you will need to contact them directly.

For information, all schools are regularly inspected by Ofsted and the Inspection Reports, which are freely available on the Internet at http://www.ofsted.gov.uk, contain much of the information you require. For example, `How well equality of opportunity is promoted and discrimination eliminated' and `How well does the school contribute to community cohesion' are standard categories that are graded within the reports and examples of good practice included within the narrative.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request or wish to make a complaint or appeal against any decision we have made in response to your request you should write in the first instance to David Sackfield by e-mail [email address] or via the following address:

Head of Business Support & Information Management
ICT Services

Salford City Council

Chorley Road

Civic Centre

Swinton

M27 5DA

Guidance on how to make a formal appeal against a decision under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is also available on our web site at www.salford.gov.uk.

Should you continue to disagree with the decision following the appeal you may wish to contact the Office of the Information Commissioner at:-

Wycliffe House,

Water Lane,

Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45

Fax : 01625 524510