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How many compromise agreements have been signed by teachers and Head teachers with a result of these members of staff losing or leaving their jobs since Sep 2004.

Catherine MacArthur made this Freedom of Information request to Sutton Borough Council

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From: Catherine MacArthur

4 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,
Under the FOI Act 2000, I would like to know how many teachers, and
Head Teachers have:

1) Signed a compromise agreement since September 2004.
2) How many of these resulted in the termination of their
employment with yourselves, the council.
3) How long they had been working for the Educational Service in
your Council.
4) How old they were on their day of leaving.
I would be grateful if you could let me know if there is a cost to
this request.

Yours faithfully,

Catherine MacArthur

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From: Freedom Of Information
Sutton Borough Council

4 November 2009

Dear Cathy,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST - REF NO - 1852
(please quote in correspondence)

I acknowledge your request for information received on Wednesday 4^th
November 2009.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by
the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being
exempt or containing a reference to a third party.

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.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may
prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an
assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the
information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the
case, including your rights of appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to
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A fee may be payable for this information. This will be considered and you
will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must be paid
before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time
limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.

Yours sincerely

Natalie

Natalie Morgan

Corporate Customer Care Officer

Policy and Communications Team

Chief Executive's Group

London Borough of Sutton

Civic Offices

St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA

Tel: 020 8770 6380

FAX: 020 8770 5404

www.sutton.gov.uk

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From: Freedom Of Information
Sutton Borough Council

4 November 2009

Dear Catherine,

Sorry for addressing you by the wrong name below. I have actually just
passed your request to an officer called Cathy which is why I got the name
incorrect.

Regards

Natalie

Natalie Morgan

Corporate Customer Care Officer

Policy and Communications Team

Chief Executive's Group

London Borough of Sutton

Civic Offices

St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA

Tel: 020 8770 6380

FAX: 020 8770 5404

[1]www.sutton.gov.uk

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From: Graham Carolyn
Sutton Borough Council

24 November 2009

Dear Catherine

Thank you for your inquiry concerning the number of teachers and
headteachers who have

1) Signed a compromise agreement since September 2004 - 13

2) How many of these resulted in the termination of their

employment with yourselves, the council - 13

3) How long they had been working for the Educational Service in

your Council - between 2 and 19 years with 2 staff completing over 5
years service

4) How old they were on their day of leaving - 3 over 50 yrs / 10
under 50 years.

I hope this answers your inquiry in a satisfactory manner

Yours sincerely

Carolyn Graham

Schools HR Team

London Borough of Sutton

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From: Catherine MacArthur

2 December 2009

Dear Ms Graham,

Thank you for your response which I appreciate a lot.
However, would it be at all possible for just a little more detail
as this would really help me in this instance.
In particular, just for numbers 3 and 4 above, i.e, the length of
service. Could this be paired down to the nearest year? Then the
ages be identified - even without months for this?
I know you must be very busy but I would really appreciate this and
would be very grateful.

Yours sincerely,

Catherine MacArthur

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Catherine MacArthur left an annotation ( 2 December 2009)

I realise I am asking this very late - I will not expect a response by tomorrow - but perhaps before the end of next week?
Thank you again,
Catherine MacArthur

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From: Catherine MacArthur

4 December 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Sutton Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'How many compromise
agreements have been signed by teachers and Head teachers with a
result of these members of staff losing or leaving their jobs since
Sep 2004.'.

This request is a duplication of my informal reply on 2nd December.
I think that make a formal Request for an Internal Review makes it
clearer.
I would like your response to be more detailed as this would really
help.
In particular, just for numbers 3 and 4, i.e, the length of
service. Could this be paired down to the nearest year and the ages
given - to the nearest year if this is less time consuming for
yourselves.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ho...

Yours faithfully,

Catherine MacArthur

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From: Freedom Of Information
Sutton Borough Council

8 December 2009

Dear Ms MacArthur,

I acknowledge receipt of your email requesting an internal Review of your request.

I have read the correspondence between yourself and our officer and would like to confirm we will not be putting your request through our internal reviews process.

You requested a further breakdown of the answers we provided you with. I can confirm we are dealing with your request and you will be provided with this information before Friday 18th December 09.

I trust this satisfies why we will not be undertaking an internal review.

Kind Regards

Natalie

Natalie Morgan
Corporate Customer Care Officer
Policy and Communications Team
Chief Executive's Group
London Borough of Sutton
Civic Offices
St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA

Tel: 020 8770 6380
FAX: 020 8770 5404
www.sutton.gov.uk

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From: Catherine MacArthur

14 December 2009

Dear Natalie,

Thank you so much. I look forward to your next correspondence.

Yours sincerely,

Catherine MacArthur

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From: Graham Carolyn
Sutton Borough Council

16 December 2009

Hello Catherine
Here is the further information you requested concerning questions 3 and 4

Q3 - Length of service
1x1yr; 3x2yrs; 2x3yrs; 3x4yrs; 2x5yrs; 1x10yrs; 1x19yrs

Q4 - Age at leaving
3 in 35-39yrs age group
2 in 40-44yrs
2 in 45-49yrs
1 in 50-54yrs
3 in 55-59yrs
2 Not available

I hope this now completed your enquiries

Regards

Carolyn

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From: Catherine MacArthur

2 January 2010

Dear Graham,

Please accept my apologies for the tardiness of me sending you my
thanks for the supplementary information you send me last month.
This is very much appreciated.
May I take this opportunity to send you my good wishes for the New
year.

Yours sincerely,

Catherine MacArthur

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