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Feargal Hogan
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This person's 17 Freedom of Information requests
New Unique Identifier on PArents View website
Successful.
You were right to hold out for the new release. Mid-February and the new unique identifier is still being used.
Any news?
Ofsted Inspection Judgements for English Schools
Request to Office for Standards in Education by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 20 January 2012.
Successful.
They've move them again
2009/2010 here http://is.gd/WG32rB
2010/2011 here http://is.gd/ptRH1r
Information used in new School Comparison Tool
Successful.
by Department for Education to Feargal Hogan on 27 September 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hogan
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 30
August 2011.
You requested “In relation to the new school...
Ofsted Inspection Judgements
Follow up
sent to Office for Standards in Education by Feargal Hogan on 9 June 2011.
Successful.
Many thanks
Thats perfect.
Yours sincerely,
Feargal Hogan
List of schools in England
Successful.
by Department for Education to Feargal Hogan on 20 May 2011.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hogan,
Re: Freedom of Information Request - List of Schools in England
Further to your email dated 10^th May 2011 where you have requested...
Improper use of the term "Irish Republic"
Refused.
by British Broadcasting Corporation to Feargal Hogan on 21 December 2010.
Refused.
Dear Mr Hogan
Please find attached the response to your request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act.
<<RFI20101572 - final respon...
Michael Gove's Speech to the National College
Partially successful.
by The National College for School Leadership Limited to Feargal Hogan on 17 November 2010.
Partially successful.
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Dear Mr Hogan
Thank you for your email requesting a copy of the video of Michael Gove's
speech to the New Heads conference.
The v...
School Profile costs and eficacy
Successful.
by Department for Education to Feargal Hogan on 1 November 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hogan,
Thank you for your recent email querying the number of schools which have
updated their school profile data.
Apologies, you are co...
Written Details of the Process for registering unregistered land
Successful.
by Land Registry to Feargal Hogan on 24 August 2010.
Successful.
Dear Mr Hogan
Thank you for your enquiry.
We offer advice to our customers through our publications and enquiry services. I have attached copies of...
I've extracted the data from the PDF and posted it as a google doc here
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aqj8qkqIV7-zdFRWbS15OVMyb09fcFp3S2d2c...
National Training Programme for Clerks to Governing Bodies: Training Materials
Follow up
sent to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Feargal Hogan on 11 January 2010.
Handled by post.
I have to say I am very disappointed with your response. I really don't want a hard copy of the training materials. I want digital copies that anyo...
Communications with DCSF regarding backlog
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Richard Taylor on 6 November 2009.
Successful.
On the 6th of November 2009 the ICO sent WhatDoTheyKnow a new version of the attached letter with Andrew Partridge's signature redacted. They asked us...
Communications with Information Commissioner
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 19 October 2009.
Successful.
Interestingly, the copy supplied by the ICO looks slightly different
http://bit.ly/2NAGta
GovernorNet Website statistics
Partially successful.
by Department for Children, Schools and Families to Feargal Hogan on 31 March 2009.
Partially successful.
Dear Mr Hogan,
I am writing to confirm that the Department has now completed its search
for the information which you requested on 28 March 2009....
Costs of School Profile
Refused.
by Department for Children, Schools and Families to Feargal Hogan on 22 January 2009.
Refused.
Dear Mr Hogan,
Thank you for your email of 9 January 2009 regarding your Freedom of
Information request about the costs of the school profile.
The...
Evidence that smaller school governing bodies tend to be more effective
Follow up
sent to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Feargal Hogan on 21 May 2008.
Partially successful.
Many thanks for your reply. With particular reference to the Academies you mention, can you please provide details of the size of their Governing B...
Representation of governors on Ministerial Working Group on School Governance
Information not held.
by Department for Children, Schools and Families to Feargal Hogan on 20 May 2008.
Information not held.
Dear Feargal Hogan,
We refer to your request received on 8 May 2008 under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 for information about members of the M...
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Ofsted Inspection Judgements for English Schools
Request to Office for Standards in Education by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 20 January 2012.
Successful.
They've move them again
2009/2010 here http://is.gd/WG32rB
2010/2011 here http://is.gd/ptRH1r
This does not seem to have been a successful request yet it has been marked as one
Ofsted Inspection Judgements
Request to Office for Standards in Education by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 6 June 2011.
Successful.
I've just had a telephone conversation with the Ofsted respondent who made clear that Ofsted would not release the password to these password protecte...
Ofsted Inspection Judgements
Request to Office for Standards in Education by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 3 June 2011.
Successful.
Herewith plain-text version of letter minus some acceptable future-publishing exempotions claimed
Thank you for your email of 10 May 2011 sent throu...
Ofsted Inspection Judgements for English Schools
Request to Office for Standards in Education by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 10 May 2011.
Successful.
The 2009/10 Judgements are available on the Ofsted site although not in the same logical structure as previous data.
Instead they are here
http://is....
School Profile costs and eficacy
Request to Department for Education by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 19 October 2010.
Successful.
I think the figure supplied for part 2 must be incorrect. Its approximately equal to 100% of schools in England. Most schools I am aware of do not upd...
I've extracted the data from the PDF and posted it as a google doc here
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aqj8qkqIV7-zdFRWbS15OVMyb09fcFp3S2d2c...
The information was supplied in the form of a PDF which is disappointing. I will try to convert to something slightly more accessible and post a link....
Pupil interviews
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Steve Elibank. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 4 April 2010.
Successful.
Great FoI request
Schools
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Steve Elibank. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 18 March 2010.
Successful.
Steve
You may find that DCSF don't have this info for every school in the UK.
They are only responsible for schools in England. Education is a devo...
Schools
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Steve Elibank. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 18 March 2010.
Successful.
Steve
Whats a UKPRN?
Ofsted Inspection Judgements for English Schools
Request to Office for Standards in Education by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 18 January 2010.
Successful.
The basic text of the response as follows:
The Freedom of Information Act
We have dealt with your request in accordance with the Freedom of Infor...
Virgin Media interceptions
Information not held.
Dear Mr Hansen,
Thank you for your e-mail of 26 November 2009 requesting information in relation to all communications between Virgin Media and the...
Child Safety on the Internet
Successful.
The actual info requested is as follows:
1. Internet Safety Education provided as part of the school curriculum.
Within your schools is there a spe...
Pay Review
Successful.
A better link might be http://is.gd/5O7p9
School governance
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Mr Andrews. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 1 January 2010.
Refused.
The original question was to list the instances when "the DCSF's taken action against the decision of a school governing body?"
If the DCSF ever tak...
Communications with DCSF regarding backlog
Request to Information Commissioner’s Office by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 19 October 2009.
Successful.
Interestingly the letter provided is slightly different from the one supplied by the DCSF
http://bit.ly/4cn1nj
Communications with Information Commissioner
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 19 October 2009.
Successful.
Interestingly, the copy supplied by the ICO looks slightly different
http://bit.ly/2NAGta
Contact Details for Schools
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Richard Taylor. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 30 September 2009.
Long overdue.
That would imply that they have someone capable of extracting such data actually on their payroll
Communications with Information Commissioner
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by Feargal Hogan. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 16 September 2009.
Successful.
For anyone interested the following is the text of the letter which the DCSF have provided as a scanned PDF
Mr David Smith
Deputy Commissioner
Inf...
Downing Street Petition Website & Phorm Claim
Successful.
The original petition (now closed) is here:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ispphorm/
List of large secondary schools in England
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by John Davidson. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 27 April 2009.
Successful.
My apologies. You are entirely correct "Number on Roll" is not a field in that data. It really should be.
List of large secondary schools in England
Request to Department for Children, Schools and Families by John Davidson. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 25 April 2009.
Successful.
The list is already available here
http://www.showusabetterway.co.uk/call/data.html
Information from Inspection Report 286539 Dorchester Primary School, Surrey
Request to Office for Standards in Education by James Martin. Annotated by Feargal Hogan on 24 April 2009.
Successful.
The attached docfile contains the following text:
"Dear Mr Martin
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI Act) – Dor...
