Dear Sir/madam

I acknowledge receipt of your request which is receiving attention.

I shall contact you again when I am in a position to respond more fully to your request.

Yours sincerely

Angelene Kirkpatrick
For Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
North Lanarkshire Council
Civic Centre
Windmillhill Street
Motherwell
ML1 1AB

Working from home
Please contact via email

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Dear Mr. Tibbitt

Request for Information

I refer to your email of 28 December 2023 seeking information in relation
to Secondary Schools.

Having investigated, my response to your queries numbered 1) to 6) is as
follows.

1)

School No. Pupils
Airdrie Academy 1079
Bellshill Academy 785
Braidhurst High School 628
Brannock High School 580
Calderhead High School 554
Caldervale High School 1116
Cardinal Newman High School 913
Chryston High School 968
Clyde Valley High School 885
Coatbridge High School 1120
Coltness High School 976
Cumbernauld Academy 1066
Dalziel High School 997
Greenfaulds High School 1480
Kilsyth Academy 493
Our Lady's High School 828
Our Lady's High School - Cumbernauld 916
St Aidan's High School 985
St Ambrose High School 1472
St Andrew's High School 1296
St Margaret's High School 1182
St Maurice's High School 979
Taylor High School 990
Grand Total 22288

Please note that the above table displays all pupils that attended
throughout the year including those that left mid-year.

2) & 3)

No. Nat 5 Courses
School Sat
Airdrie Academy 32
Bellshill Academy 26
Braidhurst High School 25
Brannock High School 23
Calderhead High School 23
Caldervale High School 28
Cardinal Newman High School 23
Chryston High School 28
Clyde Valley High School 25
Coatbridge High School 28
Coltness High School 33
Cumbernauld Academy 27
Dalziel High School 25
Greenfaulds High School 37
Kilsyth Academy 27
Our Lady's High School
(Cumbernauld) 24
Our Lady's High School (Motherwell) 26
St Aidan's High School 25
St Ambrose High School 29
St Andrew's High School 23
St Margaret's High School 24
St Maurice's High School 24
Taylor High School 24

4)

Please see the attached document along with the report to the Education,
Children and Families Committee entitled “Review of the North Lanarkshire
Scheme of Devolved School Management (DSM)”.  This report is publicly
available on the Council’s website and as you may know Section 25 provides
an absolute exemption for information which is already accessible.  For
ease of reference the link to this report is as follows:  -

[1]Document.ashx (cmis.uk.com)

5)

There is no specific funding formula and in terms of Section 17 of the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I must advise you that the
information sought for this part of your request is not held.  By way of
some explanation, the current allocation of ASNA hours to secondary
schools is a mixture of historic allocation of hours along with more
recent methodologies and criteria applied via the Needs Based Pathway
Review (NBPR) process.  There are also ad hoc learning support resources
allocated to schools via the Inclusion HQ Team.

6)

No Secondary School in North Lanarkshire has fewer than 200 pupils.

I can advise that North Lanarkshire Council, having regard to the
provisions of Section 21 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002, has established a procedure whereby any person who has requested
information and is in any way dissatisfied with the decision on that
request, can within forty working days require a review of that decision
by writing to the Chief Officer of Legal and Democratic, Civic Centre,
Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB.  Accordingly, if you are
dissatisfied with this decision and seek such review please write to the
Chief Officer of Legal and Democratic.

I would advise, also, that in terms of Section 47 of the Act a person who
is dissatisfied with a notice given by the local authority under Section
21 of the Act - ie. a notice following a review of a decision by a local
authority, or by the failure of a local authority to give such a notice -
may make application to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a
decision as to whether, in any respect specified in that application, the
request for information to which the requirement relates has been dealt
with in accordance with the Act.  Such an application must be made within
six months of the review decision and be in writing or in another form
which, by reason of it having some permanency is capable of being used for
subsequent reference. The application must state the name of the applicant
and provide an address for correspondence. The application must also
specify the request for information to which the requirement for review
relates, the matter which gave rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction
with the original decision of the local authority and the matter which
gives rise to the applicant’s dissatisfaction with the decision on review
by the local authority or the failure of the local authority to issue such
a decision.  The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted as
follows:-

Scottish Information Commissioner

Kinburn Castle

Doubledykes Road

St. Andrews

KY16 9DS

email: [2][email address]

Appeals to the Scottish Information Commissioner can also be made online
via the following link: -

[3]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

I hope this information is sufficient for your purpose.  If, however, you
require further information – or I can assist in any other way – please
let me know.

Yours sincerely

Neil McKay

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

North Lanarkshire Council

Legal and Democratic

Please contact by email

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