Pakistani heritage students, staff and board members
Dear Birmingham Ormiston Academy
Please could you let me know:
1. the number of Pakistani-British students within your institution as
a percentage of the total and giving details of their main course
areas
2. the number of Pakistani-British staff within your institution -
support and academic - as a percentage of the total and giving
details of their main work areas and grades
3. the number of Pakistanis on your governing board and as a
percentage
4. details of any Positive Action strategies you have in place with
reference to Pakistani students and staff
Yours faithfully,
Karamat Iqbal
Thank you for this request, which was received on Monday 11^th March. We
will respond within 20 working days, which is 22^nd April.
Could you please give more details of what is meant by point 4?
Regards
[1]Paul Averis
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Karamat
Thank you for the FOI request received on 12^th March. This response has
been sent within 20 working days.
A colleague of ours at BOA would take an hour to undertake this request.
With this in mind, I ask that a £25 be sent to cover the costs of
collating and preparing the information to send through to you.
If you send a cheque through to me at
1 Grosvenor Street
Birmingham
B4 7QD
Made payable to Birmingham Ormiston Academy, then the information
requested will be forwarded to you. Please include with the cheque an
explanation of how you would like the information sending.
Yours sincerely
[1]Paul Averis
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Dear Paul Averis,
The point you have asked me to clarify had stated:
"4. details of any Positive Action strategies you have in place with
reference to Pakistani students and staff".
This is a legal term which had resulted from the Race Relations Act 1976. Its scope has since been broadened under the Equality Act 2010. Although it has mainly been designed for employment purposes, its principles can be utilised for student recruitment and other service areas.
Yours sincerely,
karamat iqbal
Many thanks.
The requested information will be collated and sent through upon receipt of £25 which covers the costs.
A cheque can be sent to me, made payable to BOA
1 Grosvenor Street
Birmingham
B4 7QD
Regards
Paul Averis
Dear Paul Averis,
According to guidance from the Information Commissioners Office, "the 'appropriate limit' will be exceeded if it would require more than 24 hours work for central government, legislative bodies and the armed forces, and 18 hours work for all other public authorities."
The information I have requested is unlikely to take more than 18 hours. Therefore your request of payment of £25 appears to be unreasonable.
Yours sincerely,
karamat iqbal
Karamat
The school does not hold the information requested under request 3. Such information will take time to collate.
Regards
Paul
Dear Paul Averis,
I appreciate it will take time to collate this information. I look forward to receiving it once you have been able to pull it together
Yours sincerely,
karamat iqbal
Hello
The FOI act is an act giving individuals the right to information held by a public body at the time the request is received. We do not hold the information you have requested under section 3 of your request. Would you please advise if you wish to continue with your request in full or edit your request.
Regards
Paul Averis
Hello
There are 6/630 students who have indicated Pakistani heritage upon entry into the school.
Regards
Paul Averis
Dear Paul Averis,
Thank you for this information.
Please could you let me know whether you have any plans to increase the proportion of Pakistani students to your Academy.
Also, do you employ any Pakistani staff and have any Pakistani involvement on your govening body
Yours sincerely,
karamat iqbal
Hello
2/62 members of staff have indicated Pakistani heritage upon employment by the school.
The school does not hold the requested information regarding our governing body.
All policies regarding equal opportunities are available on our website. A link here to navigates to the appropriate page.
http://www.boa-academy.co.uk/policy.html
Regards
Paul Averis
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