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Dear Argyll and Bute Council,

Please provide:

A list of the current number of nursery, primary, secondary and other schools in your council area, including their opening/reopening date.

Please also include in this list any schools which have closed since 01/01/2018 to the present date due to a shortage of teachers or low pupil numbers.

A list of current schools due to close or at risk of closure due to a shortage of teachers or low pupil numbers.

A list of any other new schools due to open.

Yours faithfully,

Jamie Mann

foi, Argyll and Bute Council

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Dear Jamie Mann

Request for information: Freedom of Information request - School Closures

Thank you for your information request which we have logged as reference
argyllbuteir:15459.

It has been passed to the relevant service(s) for attention and you should
receive a response under either the Freedom of Information (Scot) Act 2002
or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 by 2023-03-21
00:00:00. We hope to respond within this timescale but, due to the
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Good morning,

 

I am in receipt of your FOI request re School Closures, however before I
can proceed I require some clarification from you. 

 

For your first question, in relation to opening/reopening dates, please
could you explain what you mean by this?  Are you asking for school
holiday dates for this academic year for our schools or are you asking for
historical information about the very first day that each of our current
schools were officially opened?

 

Please note that the timescale for our response will now pause until I
receive this information from you.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Many thanks.

 

Kind regards,

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Suzanne Harper

Admin Officer

Argyll and Bute Council

Education Services

Argyll House, Alexandra Parade, Dunoon, PA23 8AJ

 

Email: [2][email address]

Tel: 01369 708527

 

My normal work pattern is Monday to Friday 09:00-12:30, during school
term-time.

 

[3]www.argyll-bute.gov.uk

 

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The Ferret Media Ltd

Hi,

In regards to school opening dates, I'm referring to schools which have temporarily closed due to a shortage of pupils, but eventually reopened.

Yours sincerely,

The Ferret Media Ltd

foi, Argyll and Bute Council

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Dear Jamie Mann

 

Request for information: School Closures

Reference: argyllbuteir:15459.

 

I refer to your request for information which was dealt with in terms of
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).

 

I have provided the following information in fulfilment of your request:

 

A list of the current number of nursery, primary, secondary and other
schools in your council area, including their opening/reopening date.

Please refer to the spreadsheet attached, which details current schools
and nurseries.  None of our current schools have closed and then
re-opened.

 

Please also include in this list any schools which have closed since
01/01/2018 to the present date due to a shortage of teachers or low pupil
numbers.

Ardchattan Primary School; Ashfield Primary School; and Skipness Primary
School have closed since 01/01/2018.

 

A list of current schools due to close or at risk of closure due to a
shortage of teachers or low pupil numbers.

Achaleven Primary School; Kilchrenan Primary School; Luing Primary School;
Minard Primary School; and Southend Primary School are all currently
mothballed.  The Council is presently in the process of undertaking
exercises to assess the options for the futures of all of the
aforementioned schools - in line with the requirements of the Schools
(Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010.

 

A list of any other new schools due to open.

None at present.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request for information
has been dealt with you are entitled to request a review by writing to the
Executive Director Customer Services, Argyll and Bute Council, Kilmory,
Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8RT, or by email to [1][Argyll and Bute Council request email].

 

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correspondence, specify the request for information to which your request
for review relates and why you are dissatisfied with the response.

 

You must make your request for review not later than 40 working days after
the expiry of the 20 working day period for response to your initial
request by the Council, or not later than 40 working days after the
receipt by you of the information provided, any fees notice issued or any
notification of refusal or partial refusal.

 

If you make an application for review and remain dissatisfied with the way
in which the review has been dealt with you are entitled to make an
application to the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle,
Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9DS (Tel: 01334 464610) for a
further review. You can now do this online here -
[2]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal. 

 

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later than 6 months after the date of receipt by you of the notice or
decision you are dissatisfied with or within 6 months of the expiry of the
period of 20 working days from receipt by the Council of your request for
review.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

David Sinclair

Compliance and Regulatory Assistant

Legal and Regulatory Services

01546 604352

 

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