Freedom of Information Request under Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to provision of mixed sex/gender neutral facilities and protection of girls

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Gillian Blick
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Dear King Edward VI Community College Totnes,

1. Please provide all information held in relation to mixed sex/ gender neutral toilets for students/pupils on your school site/campus. This should include material related to the opening of such facilities and if and when they ceased to be operational.
2. Please provide all information held in relation to mixed sex/ gender neutral changing facilities for students/pupils on your school site/campus. This should include material related to the opening of such facilities and if and when they ceased to be operational.
3. Please provide the school’s policy on mixed sex/single sex facilities
4. Please provide all information held in relation to safeguarding of female students/pupils in your school toilets/changing facilities with reference to the protected characteristic of sex under the Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act 2020 provides that students/pupils should not suffer discrimination:
The responsible body of such a school must not discriminate against a pupil-
in the way it provides education for the pupil;
in the way it affords the pupil access to a benefit, facility or service;
by not providing education for the pupil;
by not affording the pupil access to a benefit, facility or service;
by excluding the pupil from the school;
by subjecting the pupil to any other detriment.
5. Please provide information held on all the incidents of rape/sexual assault on the school premises which have been reported to the school or a member of the school staff within the last 18 months.
6. Please provide information held on all the incidents of rape/sexual assault on the school premises which have been reported to the Police (regardless of outcome) within the last 18 months.
7. Please provide information held on all the reported or alleged incidents which took place in mixed sex/gender neutral toilets or changing facilities.
8. Please provide details of any and all external organisations which have provided legal advice, training, training materials, teaching materials related to “gender identity” within the period 1 January 2022 to date, including those whose materials are freely accessible online which have been accessed by staff or students at your school.

For all data requested from 2022, you can disclose the data by school year 2021/2,
2022/3 and 2023/4 if this requires less work.

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Redactions:
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Information Act 2000 to redact personal data or any other information, please redact
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each redaction.

Accessibility:
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Yours faithfully,

Gillian Blick

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Gillian Blick
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Dear King Edward VI Community College Totnes,

Further to my Freedom of Information Act request I am disappointed not to have received a response from you. You are under an obligation to respond promptly and during term time by 25 June 2024.

Unless I hear from you with a substantive response no later than 23:59 BST on 9 July 2024 I shall escalate matters by reporting your default to the Information Commissioner's Office without further notice.

Yours faithfully,

Gillian Blick

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ESW - DPO,

Good afternoon,

 

In relation to the Freedom of Information request please find the response
below: -

 

There are 10 mixed sex toilets plus 3 accessible toilets (Note: this is
not the only student toilet provision)

 

Information in relation to equality and diversity can be found via the
Trust website - [1]https://educationsouthwest.org.uk/

 

We are unable to provide information in relation to if there have been any
incidents of rape/sexual assault or incidents in mixed sex toilets due to
the sensitive nature of these potential incidents and the low numbers
involved.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Zoe Williamson

ESW Data Protection Officer

 

 

From: Gillian Blick <[2][FOI #1134660 email]>
Sent: 28 May 2024 13:14
To: King Edward VI - Administration
<[3][King Edward VI Community College request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Freedom of Information Request
under Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to provision of mixed
sex/gender neutral facilities and protection of girls

 

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Dear King Edward VI Community College Totnes,

1. Please provide all information held in relation to mixed sex/ gender
neutral toilets for students/pupils on your school site/campus.  This
should include material related to the opening of such facilities and if
and when they ceased to be operational.
2. Please provide all information held in relation to mixed sex/ gender
neutral changing facilities for students/pupils on your school
site/campus.  This should include material related to the opening of such
facilities and if and when they ceased to be operational.
3. Please provide the school’s policy on mixed sex/single sex facilities
4. Please provide all information held in relation to safeguarding of
female students/pupils in your school toilets/changing facilities with
reference to the protected characteristic of sex under the Equality Act
2010.  The Equality Act 2020 provides that students/pupils should not
suffer discrimination:
The responsible body of such a school must not discriminate against a
pupil-
in the way it provides education for the pupil;
in the way it affords the pupil access to a benefit, facility or service;
by not providing education for the pupil;
by not affording the pupil access to a benefit, facility or service;
by excluding the pupil from the school;
by subjecting the pupil to any other detriment.
5. Please provide information held on all the incidents of rape/sexual
assault on the school premises which have been reported to the school or a
member of the school staff within the last 18 months.
6. Please provide information held on all the incidents of rape/sexual
assault on the school premises which have been reported to the Police
(regardless of outcome) within the last 18 months.
7. Please provide information held on all the reported or alleged
incidents which took place in mixed sex/gender neutral toilets or changing
facilities.
8. Please provide details of any and all external organisations which have
provided legal advice, training, training materials, teaching materials
related to “gender identity” within the period 1 January 2022 to date,
including those whose materials are freely accessible online which have
been accessed by staff or students at your school.

For all data requested from 2022, you can disclose the data by school year
2021/2,
2022/3 and 2023/4 if this requires less work.

Time limit: You should regard the 20 working day limit for answering FOIs
as a ‘long
stop’, in other words the latest possible date on which you may issue a
response
(ICO guidance on time limits in FOIA Section 10).

Excessive costs: If this request needs refining to make it possible for
you to comply
without incurring excessive costs (FOIA Section 12), consider ways in
which you can
help me to refine my request so you can answer without exceeding the
appropriate
limit. Please let me know as soon as possible, so you will be able to make
the
disclosures promptly, and within the Section 10 time limit.

Redactions:
Please ensure that where you deem it necessary under s.40 of the Freedom
of
Information Act 2000 to redact personal data or any other information,
please redact
the minimum necessary (eg the individual’s name not the organisation in
email
addresses) and send me the rest of the material, explaining the legal
grounds for
each redaction.

Accessibility:
Please provide the information here on What Do They Know.
If the information is already published, please provide the link to the
document and
advise the relevant page number or agenda item

Yours faithfully,

Gillian Blick

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