Qualified SENCo
Dear St. Mary's Menston
1. Please confirm the school has a qualified SENCo in place as legally required under Section 67 Children and Families Act 2014 and Regulation 49 of the SEND Regulations 2014.
2. Please specify any exemption applicable should the school not have a qualified teacher holding the graduate National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination in the statutory role.
This request is made in the public interest. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Susannah Wilkinson
Dear Ms Wilkinson
Thank you for your email of 17/11/21 to St Mary’s Menston, requesting
information about:
1. Please confirm the school has a qualified SENCo in place as legally
required under Section 67 Children and Families Act 2014 and Regulation 49
of the SEND Regulations 2014.
2. Please specify any exemption applicable should the school not have a
qualified teacher holding the graduate National Award for Special
Educational Needs Co-ordination in the statutory role.
I am writing to let you know that we have received your request and will
process it within 20 school days that we received your request. You will
hear back from us by 16/12/21 at the latest.
Kind Regards
Jemma Johnson
Governance Officer &
Company Secretary
Mob: 07990043680
Tel: 01943 883012
Email: [email address]
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The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
Bradford Road
Menston
West Yorkshire
LS29 6AE
Website: [2]www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org
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England and Wales Company Number: 8399801 Registered Office: St. Mary’s
Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy, Bradford Road, Menston, LS29 6AE
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Dear Ms Wilkinson
Thank you for your email of 17/11/21 to St Mary’s Menston, requesting
information about:
1. Please confirm the school has a qualified SENCo in place as legally
required under Section 67 Children and Families Act 2014 and Regulation 49
of the SEND Regulations 2014.
2. Please specify any exemption applicable should the school not have a
qualified teacher holding the graduate National Award for Special
Educational Needs Co-ordination in the statutory role.
Reply to Request:
1. Each school within The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust has a
qualified SENCo.
2. Those that do not hold the graduate National Award for Special
Education Needs Co-Ordination meet the DfE Criteria.
The information that you supplied with your request for information will
be entered into a filing system and will only be accessed by authorised
persons of The Bishop Wheeler catholic Academy Trust (BWCAT). The
information will be retained by BWCAT and will only be used for the
purpose of (a) processing your Request for information, and (b) for
statistical and audit purposes. By supplying such information you consent
to the BWCAT storing the information for the stated purpose. The
information is held by the BWCAT in accordance with the provisions of the
Data Protection Act 2018.
Rights to Complain
If you are dissatisfied with this response you have the right to complain
to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. Information on how to do this
is available at [1]http://ico.org.uk/complaints.
Kind Regards
Jemma Johnson
Governance Officer &
Company Secretary
Mob: 07990043680
Tel: 01943 883012
Email: [email address]
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The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
Bradford Road
Menston
West Yorkshire
LS29 6AE
Website: [3]www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org
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therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the
contents of this message, which arise as a result of email transmission.
If verification is required, please request a hard copy version. The
Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust is committed to promoting and
safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and
visitors to share this commitment. The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy
Trust is a charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in
England and Wales Company Number: 8399801 Registered Office: St. Mary’s
Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy, Bradford Road, Menston, LS29 6AE
This message contains confidential information and is intended only for
the intended recipients. If you are not an intended recipient you should
not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender
immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete
this email from your system. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be
secure or error free as information could be intercepted corrupted, lost,
destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender
therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the
contents of this message, which arise as a result of email transmission.
If verification is required, please request a hard copy version. The
Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust is committed to promoting and
safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and
visitors to share this commitment. The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy
Trust is a charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in
England and Wales Company Number: 8399801 Registered Office: St. Mary’s
Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy, Bradford Road, Menston, LS29 6AE
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Dear J Johnson BWCAT,
Thank you for your response by the due date.
Unfortunately, you have not answered my request made specifically in respect of St Mary's Menston.
Please conduct an internal review to provide the information requested in respect of the named school. The request is made in the public interest.
Please would you also clarify the DfE criteria referenced in you response?
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Susannah Wilkinson
Dear Ms Wilkinson
Thank you for your follow up email dated 2 December in respect of your Freedom Of Information Act request. I have reviewed your original request and our response and I concur with the reasoning that your original request for the personal information regarding the SENCO at St Mary’s Menston fell outside the scope of the Freedom of Information Act which does not include the disclosure of personal information in respect of individuals. In order to balance the transparency and openness under the Freedom of Information Act whilst protecting a data subject’s right to privacy under the data protection legislation the Trust provided the requested information for all SENCOs employed by the Trust. If you remain dissatisfied with the response from the Trust in respect of your request you have the right to complain to the ICO using the following weblink Make a complaint https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
In answer to your query regarding the DfE criteria in respect of those SENCOs which do not hold the graduate National Award for Special Education Needs Co-Ordination this can be found within the guidance for the National Award for SEN Co-ordination learning outcomes found at the following weblink https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio... (www.gov.uk) May I draw your particular attention to paragraph 4 on page 3. I can again confirm all the SENCOs within the Trust either hold the graduate National Award for Special Education Needs Co-Ordination, are working towards attaining the qualification or meet the criteria within this paragraph and therefore are not statutorily required to obtain the qualification.
Kind Regards
Jemma Johnson
Governance Officer &
Company Secretary
[mobile number]
Tel: 01943 883012
Email: [email address]
The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
Bradford Road
Menston
West Yorkshire
LS29 6AE
Website: www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org
This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the intended recipients. If you are not an intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as information could be intercepted corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of email transmission. If verification is required, please request a hard copy version. The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and visitors to share this commitment. The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust is a charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales Company Number: 8399801 Registered Office: St. Mary’s Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy, Bradford Road, Menston, LS29 6AE
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