2022-2023 Primary One Deferral Data

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Patricia Anderson

Dear North Ayrshire Council,

This is a Freedom of Information request which I am sending to all 32 Scottish local authorities.

Please could the Council provide:

1. The total number of requests received to date for a further year of early learning and childcare (nursery/ childminder etc) for children whose fifth birthdays fell/ will fall between the day after the school start date in August 2022 and 31st Dec 2022.

2. A breakdown of the total number in 1. above by requests for

a) continued funding in private/voluntary settings and

b) continued funding in council run settings and

c) continued funding for split placements where a child attends both a private/voluntary and a council run setting.

3. In relation to question 2, please provide the number of places the Council has agreed to provide continued funding for in
a) private/voluntary settings and
b) council run settings and
c) split placements where a child attends both a private/voluntary and a council run setting.

4. How many of the children applying have a December birthday?

5a. How many appeals (challenges if there is no official appeals process) did the Council receive against the Council’s decision not to grant funding?

5b. How many of these appeals/challenges resulted in the initial decision being overturned?

6. How many official complaints has the Council received regarding discretionary deferral funding decisions between Nov 2021 and the date of your response to this FoI request?

7. How many parents/carers are currently financing a further year of nursery for their child's deferral year themselves in a council-run nursery after the Council refused to fund their request for this?

8a. How many applications did the Council receive for children to be permitted early entry to primary school to start in Aug 2022 instead of Aug 2023 (for children who will turn five on or after 1st March 2023)?

8b. How many of these early entry applications were approved?

9a. How many requests did the Council receive for older children* to defer their primary one start till Aug 2023?

*(by "older children" I mean those who had already reached the age of five by the school commencement date in August 2022).

9b. How many older children* has the Council permitted to defer their primary one start till Aug 2023?

*(by "older children" I mean those who had already reached the age of five by the school commencement date in August 2022).

Yours faithfully,

Patricia Anderson

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Patricia Anderson

Dear North Ayrshire Council,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of North Ayrshire Council's handling of my FOI request '2022-2023 Primary One Deferral Data' (your ref: 101004233416).

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/2...

Please could you review the numbers provided in your responses to questions 1-3. The total of 118 is almost four times the number of 30 you provided last year in response to the same FoI request and seems incredibly high. I wonder if January and February deferrals have been included in this total by mistake instead of just mid-August - 31st Dec born deferrals? I would be grateful if you could double-check this.

Yours faithfully,

Patricia Anderson

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Dear North Ayrshire Council,

 

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

 

I am writing to request an internal review of North Ayrshire Council's handling of my FOI request '2022-2023 Primary One Deferral Data' (your ref: 101004233416).

 

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: [5]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/2...

 

Please could you review the numbers provided in your responses to questions 1-3. The total of 118 is almost four times the number of 30 you provided last year in response to the same FoI request and seems incredibly high. I wonder if January and February deferrals have been included in this total by mistake instead of just mid-August - 31st Dec born deferrals? I would be grateful if you could double-check this.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Patricia Anderson

 

 

 

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