Greenfields - Scientology

William Thackeray made this Freedom of Information request to Office for Standards in Education

The request was partially successful.

From: William Thackeray

9 June 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please provide internal communications relating to Greenfields
School (East Sussex) / Greenfields Educational Trust, for the past
5 years.

Yours faithfully,

William Thackeray

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Office for Standards in Education

9 June 2009

Good Afternoon

Thank you for your e-mail. I do apologise for requesting more information,
however, this is needed so that your complaint can be resolved.

In order for us to proceed with your request and forward this to the
correct department, please can you provide the following further
information?

The full name, address and postcode of the School.

Should you require any further help or assistance, please do not hesitate
to contact us.

Regards,

Julie Foreman

Customer Service Advisor

Ofsted - National Business Unit

Tel: 08456 404040

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From: William Thackeray

9 June 2009

Dear Julie,

Thank you for your quick response.

In answer to your question:

Greenfields School, Priory Road,
Forest Row,
East Sussex,
RH18 5JD

Yours sincerely,

William Thackeray

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Office for Standards in Education

9 June 2009

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Office for Standards in Education

10 June 2009

Good Morning

Thank you for your e-mail.

In order for your request to be dealt with effectively I have forwarded it
to the Freedom of Information Officer for a response.

A member of this department will reply to your request as soon as
possible.

However should you require any further assistance please do not hesitate
to contact us.

Regards

Julie Foreman

Customer Service Advisor

Ofsted - National Business Unit

TEL: 08456 404040

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From: Sarah Milsom
Office for Standards in Education

10 June 2009

Dear Mr Thackeray

Thank you for your email information request which was received by Ofsted
on 9^th June 09.

I would be grateful if you could email me a contact address so that I can
send you an acknowledgement letter.

Regards

Sarah Milsom

Disclosure Administrator

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Office for Standards in Education

11 June 2009

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From: William Thackeray

11 June 2009

Thank you, Sarah. This email address is the best way to contact me.

Best wishes,
William.

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From: Sarah Milsom
Office for Standards in Education

12 June 2009

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Dear Mr Thackeray

Please find attached acknowledgement letter in response to your recent
request for information.

Regards

Sarah Milsom

Disclosure Administrator

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From: William Thackeray

14 June 2009

Dear Sarah,

Thank you for your response to my FOI request.

You say: "Our response to you may contain sensitive protected
information. Cabinet
Office quldellnes state that when sending protected information to
an
external email address we must encrypt the information. Encrypted
data files
may conflict with some computer systems or email accounts, which
may
prevent you from receiving and opening the response. For your
convenience
we would request that you provide us with a postal address to send
our
response to you by mail. This can be sent to me at
[email address]."

I would prefer that you continue to contact me by email, on this
address.

The ICO has previously published guidance stating that an email
address is sufficient. You can find this guidance at:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/11...

I am surprised you say that your response could contain 'sensitive
protected information' - surely any information that you are able
to release to me under FOI could also be released to any other
person making the same request? I'm a little confused.

Yours sincerely,

William Thackeray

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From: Sarah Milsom
Office for Standards in Education

14 June 2009

I am on leave until Tuesday 16th June. In my absence please could you
contact Ruth Stephens on (0117) 9456272. I will respond to my emails on my
return.

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William Thackeray left an annotation (14 June 2009)

This is the OCR'd text of their letter:

Freshford House
Redcliffe Way
Bristol
BSI 6NL
12 June 2009
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Telephone: 08456 404040
Fax: 08456404049
Emall: enquiries@ofsted.gov,uk
Web: www.ofsted.gov.uk
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raising standards
improving lives
William Thackeray
Sent via [email address]
Dear Mr Thackeray
Your request for information
Our Ref: ndt 0906 34
Thank you for your email which was received by Ofsted on 9 June 2009. You
have requested internal communications relating to Greenfields School (East
Sussex)/Greenfields Educational Trust for the past five years.
We will deal with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA) and any other legislation that may apply to your request.
The next stage in the process will be for us to identify, locate and review the
information you have requested. Should we be unable to identify and/or
locate information matching your request or the cost exceeds the statutory
limit, we will contact you again.
Otherwise, we will reply to the FOIA element of your request promptly and
expect to do this within 20 working days from the date we received your
request as required by the Act. This should be by 7 July 2009; however, if we
can respond sooner, we will do so.
Our response to you may contain sensitive protected information. Cabinet
Office quldellnes state that when sending protected information to an
external email address we must encrypt the information. Encrypted data files
may conflict with some computer systems or email accounts, which may
prevent you from receiving and opening the response. For your convenience
we would request that you provide us with a postal address to send our
response to you by mail. This can be sent to me at
sarah.milsom@ofsted.qov.uk.
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Our Reference: ndt 0906 34 Of*st*exa•
raising standards
improving lives
If you have any concerns or questions about this letter, please feel free to
contact me on the numbers or at the address in the letter heading.
Yours sincerely
~~om
Disclosure Administrator
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From: Nicola Tanner
Office for Standards in Education

16 June 2009

Dear Mr Thackeray

Thank you for your email of 14 June 2009. We are happy to handle all
correspondence regarding your request by email. The section that you
highlighted from our acknowledgment letter is a standard paragraph that
is included whenever a postal address has not been provided. This is
because requests have not yet been fully assessed at this stage, and
they may contain elements that relate to subject access requests under
the Data Protection Act 1998 as well as the Freedom of Information Act
2000. Information that is released under the DPA is likely to be
sensitive and must be protected when sent by email, and we have
discovered that some people have difficulties accessing encrypted files.
We therefore ask for a postal address from the individual making the
request, if they wish to provide one, in order to avoid unnecessary
delays.

I hope that this answers your question, but if you have any further
queries then please contact me at [email address].

Regards,

Nicola Tanner
Disclosure Officer
Ofsted Compliance Investigation & Enforcement Team

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From: William Thackeray

16 June 2009

Thank you, Nicola. I look forward to Ofsted's response.

Yours Sincerely,

William Thackeray

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From: Nicola Tanner
Office for Standards in Education

7 July 2009

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Dear Mr Thackeray

Please find attached a response to your request for information. I have
also attached a copy of our complaints procedure and a list of "acronyms
used in inspection" which you may find of assistance when reading the
disclosed data.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me either at
this email address or by phoning Ofsted on 08456 404040.

Regards,

Nicola Tanner
Disclosure Officer
Ofsted Compliance Investigation & Enforcement Team

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From: William Thackeray

10 July 2009

Many thanks Nicola, I appreciate your assistance.

Yours sincerely,

William Thackeray

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