BNP Teachers

Mark Walker made this Freedom of Information request to Hackney Borough Council

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From: Mark Walker

12 December 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

By letter of 30 September 2009, The Secretary of State Ed Balls
appointed Maurice Smith to enquire into the "promotion of racism in
schools". Part of the review is aimed at determining whether
members of the British National Party (BNP) should be allowed to
work as teachers or in the wider school workforce.

At present there are a number of measures and safeguards in place
in place to protect children and young people in schools from
racially motivated discrimination and the promotion of political
doctrines that advocate discrimination and promote racist views.
These are:

• The requirement on schools to have equal opportunity policies

• The duty upon schools to promote racial equality

• Their duty to promote community cohesion

• The duty on governing bodies, headteachers and local authorities
to forbid the teaching of partisan political activities in schools

• The powers of the GTC (England) regarding suitability of
registration and where teacher conduct could bring the profession
into disrepute

I would like you to provide me with evidence of how effective these
measures are including whether they are sufficient to maintain
trust in the profession and protect children and young people.

Please provide the following information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

1) What evidence is there that schools’ equal opportunity policies
are effective in combating racism?
2) What are schools in your area doing to promote racial equality
and promote community cohesion? Examples of measures deemed to be
good practice and recognised as being successful would be useful.
3) Can you provide me with any evidence that the measures listed
above have been effective (if this has not already been done)?
4) Are further measures required to either maintain trust in the
teaching profession or protect children and young people?

Yours sincerely

Mark Walker
Solidarity Trade Union
www.solidaritytradeunion.org

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From: Pheng Lay
Hackney Borough Council

14 December 2009

Dear Mr Walker

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - request for information.

I acknowledge your request for information received on 14 December 2009.

Your request is being considered and you will receive a full response to
your request, within the statutory timescale of 20 working days (from
the day after the request is received) as defined by the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal
font size. If you require alternative formats, e.g. language, audio,
large print, etc. then please let me know.

The Act defines a number of exemptions, some of which are subject to a
public interest test that may prevent release of the information. You
will be informed if this is the case, and you have a right to appeal
against our decision. Information relating to this will be included in
any refusal notice issued.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
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There may be a fee payable for this information. This will be considered
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be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working
day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me at the
address above.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
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Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
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Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Tat-Pheng Lay
Freedom of Information Assistant

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From: Pheng Lay
Hackney Borough Council

14 December 2009

Dear Mr Walker

RE: Freedom of Information Request - The "promotion of racism in schools"
of 14 December 2009

I am writing to confirm that the information you have requested is not
held by the London Borough of Hackney. However, Breda Connolly of the
Learning Trust is now aware of your request and I suggest you contact Ms
Connolly directly for the information you require. Please find below the
contact e-mail address for Breda Connolly.

[1][email address]

If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please
write to the Information Governance Team, Appeals, 6-15 Florfield Road,
Hackney London E8 1DT and your complaint will be dealt with through our
Internal Review procedure.

If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. He can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Yours sincerely

Tat-Pheng Lay
Freedom of Information Assistant

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Good afternoon Mr Walker,

Please find attached response to your request.

Regards

Breda

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Legal and Company Secretarial Team

The Learning Trust

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