Dear Mr Jennings,
Further to your recent Freedom of Information request, I can confirm the
following:
Temporary and permanent exclusion records are based on codes which would
not identify the reason down to such a specific level of detail.  Other
sanctions would, in the main, be recorded only in pupil records rather
than in a way that would facilitate easy assimilation of such data.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 incorporates a cost threshold of £450,
equivalent to 18 hours of work at £25 per hour, which are figures set by
the government.  If a request were to exceed this threshold the school is
entitled to ask the applicant to either reduce the scope of their request
or, where this is not possible, refuse the request.  In this case it would
clearly require a large amount of time to analyse individual pupil
records.  If you allow ten minutes per pupil per year of records (which I
believe is a conservative estimate) and consider we have a maximum of 900
pupils in school per year the calculation would be:
10 x 900 x 5 = 45000 minutes = 750 hours
This would clearly massively exceed the cost threshold for free provision
of information, therefore we decline to respond to your request.
Kind regards

Mrs P Elliott

PA to the Headteacher

Hall Green School

Southam Road, Hall Green, Birmingham B28 0AA

[email address] | [Hall Green School request email]

T: 0121 325 6906 or 0121 628 8787 

Twitter @HallGreenSch

"Learning together, shaping the future"

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From: Jack Jennings <[FOI #908095 email]>
Sent: 17 October 2022 14:32
To: Hall Green School Enquiry <[Hall Green School request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Sanctions related to uniform
 
Dear Hall Green School,

Under the FOI Act I would like to request the following information
regarding sanctions and other punishment (e.g. detention, isolation,
withdrawal of privileges, expulsion, exclusion) issued by the school in
relation to uniform.

1) Please provide a breakdown, for each of the last five academic years,
including the current academic year, of all punishments issued for
misconduct relating to uniform (e.g. wearing wrong uniform, not wearing
uniform, wearing forbidden items, etc). For each incident please provide:
A) The nature of the punishment
B) The nature of the misconduct
C) Whether it related to school uniform or sports kit or another aspect of
uniform policy

If you are unable to provide a breakdown of each incident, please provide
summary totals for each academic year with the same breakdown.
If you are unable to provide annual totals, please provide details of the
system used to track student behaviour and how that is monitored by staff,
e.g. how they are able to identify those students who have been sanctioned
most often.

Yours faithfully,

Jack Jennings

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