16 December 2019
KCA/rli
By email
Joanne Bartley
Whatdotheyknow.com
Dear Ms Bartley
BCGS Selective Expansion Fund – FOI Request
We acknowledge receipt of your request for information as follows:
1) Submission sent to the DfE
This has been included in full with financial and commercially sensitive information redacted.
2) All documents relating to the formulation of the submission
As this is a bid for a satellite, which is an expansion of a current school, there is no need to have the
detailed discussions you describe, as this is not a new school. All information requested we have
included where it exists.
3) Discussion with Weald of Kent Grammar, KCC, DfE
Included are Mr Macaulay’s own notes of his meeting with Weald of Kent
The school had no meetings with KCC or the DfE. Any email communication has been included.
“Making a significant change to an open academy” is included as part of the process of applying for
the SSEF. Please see submission.
I trust this information is of use.
Yours sincerely
Ms K Cardus
Executive Headteacher