Our Ref:
FOI 42942
Your Ref:
Please Contact:
LYDIA KITCHEN
Telephone:
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Date:
10 June 2022
Mr Mike Bell
Legal and Democratic Services
request-860939-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Information Governance Team
Town Hall
Crossley Street
HALIFAX
HX1 1UJ
Dear Mr Bell
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Request for information
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Request
1. How many blind and partially sighted learners does your service support in the following
post 16 education settings, during 2021/22?
a. Mainstream sixth form 9
b. Mainstream FE college 5
c. Specialist school 9
d. Specialist FE college (placed in or out of LA area) 0
e. Specialist residential college (placed in or out of LA area) 0
f .Other (please specify) 2 no setting
2. Please specify how your post 16 offer is contracted:
a. Sixth form college[] -
- Statutory provision (by this we mean that the service is provided to the setting free
of charge).
b. Mainstream college
- Statutory provision (by this we mean that the service is provided to the setting free
of charge).
3. If your service is traded, please tell us how many further education providers purchased
your service in
a) 2021/22
b) 2020/21
c) 2019/20
The service is currently not traded and is free to all students on the caseload
4. What eligibility criteria is in place for blind and partially sighted students to access post-16
education (please indicate all that apply)
a. Sixth form setting
- Must have an Education and Health Care Plan
- Must be severe sight impairment
- Must be partially sighted
- Other (please state)
All the caseload is covered by the NATSIP eligibility criteria
b. Mainstream setting
- Must have an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP)
- must be severe sight impaired
- Must be partially sighted
- Other (please state) All the caseload is covered by the NATSIP eligibility criteria
I hope this is helpful to you and any feedback from you would be welcomed.
If for any reason you are unhappy with our response, you are entitled to approach Tracie
Robinson, Corporate Information Manager, Calderdale MBC, Town Hall, Crossley Street,
Halifax HX1 1UJ to request an internal review. Please note your request must be made in
writing and submitted within two months of the date of this letter.
If you remain dissatisfied with our decision, under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information
Act you are entitled to contact the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
LYDIA KITCHEN
LYDIA KITCHEN
Information Governance Apprentice