Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [email address]

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply service.
If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions explaining how
to do this.

Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:

[2]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [3][email address]

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply
service. If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions
explaining how to do this.

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Bedford BC - OFFICIAL-Unsecure

Dear Hannah Kanish,

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request
No. RFI-02845

Thank you for requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

We will proceed with the request which we received on the 28 October 2024.
It is our intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as
possible otherwise within the statutory 20 working days – by 25 November
2024

Request:

Would it be possible to have the following data for all primary and
secondary schools in Bedford?

1. The amount of applications received in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020.

2. The amount of offers made by in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020.

3. 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 applications broken down by 1st, 2nd,
3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th preferences.

4. 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 offers broken down by 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th, 5th and 6th preferences.

In consideration of the request, which may be subject to any exemptions
the Council may rely on to refuse the request, some of which are absolute
and some of which only apply where the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information.

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [1][email address] .

Kind Regards

Customer Feedback Officer

Customer Services & Customer Feedback

Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP

Website: www.bedford.gov.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a
better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on Twitter:
@bedfordtweets

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Bedford BC - OFFICIAL-Unsecure

Dear Hannah Kanish,

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No. RFI-02845

I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the Council.

Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information requested.

Please find the information you requested below.

Request:
Would it be possible to have the following data for all primary and secondary schools in Bedford?
1. The amount of applications received in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020.
2. The amount of offers made by in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020.
3. 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 applications broken down by 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th preferences.
4. 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 offers broken down by 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th preferences.

Response: please see attached

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder. For further information regarding Re-use of Public Sector information please see link below.

If after viewing the information you are for whatever reason unhappy with our response to your application you are entitled to pursue any dissatisfaction through the Council's Internal Review Procedure. Pursuant to Section 17 (7) of the Act the procedure provided by the Council for dealing with complaints about the determination of this request for information is the Council’s FOI Complaints Procedure, a copy of which can be obtained on request or is set out at: https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Yours sincerely

Maria Scapini
Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: www.bedford.gov.uk
‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on:
Twitter: @bedfordtweets
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

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Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/...

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to 
[2][email address]

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply service.
If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions explaining how
to do this.

References

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1. https://www.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/...
2. mailto:[email%20address]

Thank you for your e-mail requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

We will proceed with the request which we received today. It is our
intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible
otherwise within the statutory 20 working days.

In considering the request, it may be subject to exemptions that the
Council rely on to refuse the information. Some exemptions are absolute
and some only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption
outweighs that of disclosing the information.
[1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Please note that should you be requesting information under the
Environmental Information Regulations although we provide free access to a
wide range of information through our website, access to any public
registers which we hold and for inspecting information at our offices, we
are allowed to charge you a reasonable fee for providing certain
information.
If applicable, we will issue you with a fee notice. This will detail the
tasks involved in responding to the request, and associated costs. Further
information is available on the EIR page of Bedford Borough Council’s
website at the following link:

[2]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to
this matter should be emailed to [3][email address]

Any emails containing personal or sensitive data will be sent as ‘secure
e-mails’. In order for you to access a secure email you will be asked to
create an account and log into the Council’s secure e-mail reply
service. If you do receive a secure email there will be instructions
explaining how to do this.

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2. https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...
3. mailto:[email%20address]

Bedford BC - OFFICIAL-Unsecure

Dear Hannah Kanish,

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No. RFI-03110

Thank you for requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We will proceed with the request which we received on the 27 November 2024. It is our intention to have the information delivered to you as soon as possible otherwise within the statutory 20 working days – by 27 December 2024

Request:
Please could I have the requested information, broken down for each school? Apologies if the request was not clear, I am looking to see the applications and offers, broken down by each preference, between 2020 - 2024, for each primary and secondary school in the borough.

In consideration of the request, which may be subject to any exemptions the Council may rely on to refuse the request, some of which are absolute and some of which only apply where the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs that in disclosing the information.

Any future correspondence you may have with the Council in relation to this matter should be emailed to [email address] .

Yours sincerely

Maria Scapini

Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: www.bedford.gov.uk  
‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on:
Twitter: @bedfordtweets  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

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Bedford BC - OFFICIAL-Unsecure

Dear Hannah Kanish,

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request
No. RFI-03110

I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the Council. 

Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the authority must
state whether or not the information exists and I confirm that we do hold
the information requested.

Please find the information you requested below. 

Request:

Please could I have the requested information, broken down for each
school? Apologies if the request was not clear, I am looking to see the
applications and offers, broken down by each preference, between 2020 -
2024, for each primary and secondary school in the borough.

Response:

Please see excel spreadsheets attached.

NB: Please note the total preference applications and offers for the
previous FOI will not align to the response for RFI-03110. RFI-02845
consisted of data relating to all Bedford Borough residents, including
applications made for 'out of area' schools.  The data provided for
RFI-03110 includes all preference applications for schools located within
Bedford Borough boundaries, from applicants that reside in Bedford Borough
and surrounding Local Authority areas. 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder.  For
further information regarding Re-use of Public Sector information please
see link below.

If after viewing the information you are for whatever reason unhappy with
our response to your application you are entitled to pursue any
dissatisfaction through the Council's Internal Review Procedure.  Pursuant
to Section 17 (7) of the Act the procedure provided by the Council for
dealing with complaints about the determination of this request for
information is the Council’s FOI Complaints Procedure, a copy of which can
be obtained on request or is set out
at: [1]https://www.bedford.gov.uk/council-and-d...

Kind regards,

Daniela Hanson
Customer Feedback Officer
Customer Services & Customer Feedback
Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP
Website: [2]www.bedford.gov.uk  
‘Bedford Borough Council – Working with our partners to make the Borough a
better place to live, work and visit.’

For up-to-date information on the Council follow us on:
Twitter: @bedfordtweets  
Facebook: [3]https://www.facebook.com/bedfordboroughc...

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