Information relating to the school e-safety policy

Dear Ide Hill Church of England Primary School, Sevenoaks,

Please could you send me, preferably electronically:

1. For the last 15 months, minutes and any other records of meetings, discussions, correspondence etc where the current e-safety policy has been discussed during its formulation, consultation, approval and subsequent interpretation and usage.

2. Risk assessments carried out for the use in school of home-owned electronic dictionaries (with no capability for connectivity) and home-owned dedicated e-readers (with capacity only for wireless network access, no "mobile" access)

3. Any other information you have on record relating to the benefits and risks of home-owned dedicated e-readers and electronic dictionaries being used in school

4. The number of children in Ash class in the current academic year and the maximum number to which it could rise, the number of electronic dictionaries in that classroom and the names of the reference books they contain, the number of paper English dictionaries and thesauruses in that classroom and their titles and publishers

5. If on record: a definition of "ICT device" and "school related activities", a list of devices covered by the statement in the section of the policy headed "How the security of the school ICT systems will be maintained" which says "Pupils are not permitted to use any home owned or personal ICT device within school or on school related activities".

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

Ide Hill Primary School, Ide Hill Church of England Primary School, Sevenoaks

Dear Mrs Hiller,

Further to your request for information relating to e-safety under
the Freedom of Information Act, I can confirm that this request has
been refused by the school. The reason for this refusal has been
sent to you via private letter together with details on your right
to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner.

Regards,

Ide Hill School

Dear Ide Hill Primary School,

Thank you very much for letting me know that you have sent me a refusal by private letter.

I have not yet received it either by post, in a child's bookbag or by e-mail so I would be grateful please if you could send it to me by e-mail or explain how and when it will arrive in case it has got lost.

Yours sincerely,

[Name Removed]

Dear Ide Hill Primary School,

Thank you very much for emailing me the private refusal of my request later in the day on 30 November 2015 and informing me of my rights to complain to the Information Commissioner in the first instance as there is no internal review process at Ide Hill.

Before reporting my concern to the Information Commissioner I will write a brief letter to you explaining my purpose in making this FOI request. I consider that without this you may have misunderstood my intentions when making this request.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

Yours sincerely,

[Name Removed]