Essex County Council
Schools, Children and Families Service PO Box 297, County Hall
Chelmsford, Essex
CM1 1YS
Mr J Higham
Your Ref:
‘What Do They Know’
Our Ref: ECC-005744-10
9th August 2010
Re: Freedom of Information Act request regarding Infant Class Size Appeals for
September 2009 at Great Chesterford School.
Dear Mr Higham,
You have requested copies of all internal and external communication:
ï‚· including email/paper correspondence
ï‚· Clerk/Panel
minutes, meeting papers
ï‚· Handwritten review notes
ï‚· Criteria and all information relating to how/why final the decision was reached
Below I have reproduced text from the School Admission Appeals Code
2.41 The notes of the proceedings of appeal panels are not subject to the Freedom
of Information Act 2000. Where the notes are held for administrative purposes
by an admission authority which is subject to the Freedom of Information Act
2000 (for example, where a local authority’s legal department retains the notes
on file, or the notes are retained in a school office) there is no obligation for the
admission authority to comply with a request for copies of the notes.
In this situation, either:
a)
the admission authority will hold notes on behalf of the panel, in which case
the notes will not be held by the authority for the purposes of the Freedom
of Information Act; or
b)
the notes will fall within the exemption applying to court or tribunal records.
The full document can he accessed here: www.dcsf.gov.uk/sacode
more……
2007-2008 Emergency Planning
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act this letter acts as a refusal notice
as we are applying the FOI exemption S.32, this is an absolute exemption and does
not require a public interest test. Further detail from the Information Commissioner on
S.32 exem
ption can be found here: Information contained in court records
If you are not satisfied with my response to your request, please let me know. If I am
unable to resolve the issue immediately, I will explain our complaints procedure.
If after following our complaints procedure, you are still not satisfied, you are entitled
to ask the Information Commissioner to review our decision. You can contact him at
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 01625
545700.
regards
Kim Acreman
Access to Information Officer
Tel: 08457 430 430
[email address]
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