Dear Mr Tate,

Thank you for your enquiry, which has been forwarded to the appropriate officers for a response. The usual timescale for a response is twenty working days, that is by or on 16.01.16.

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Yours sincerely,

Helen Thompson
Customer Relations Officer

Freedom Of Information | West Sussex County Council | Location: County Hall, Chichester PO19 1RQ
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Dear Mr Tate,

I refer to your request dated 16th December which has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request was for:

I would like to make a request under the freedom of information act to obtain information regarding school cluster groups, academy groups and/or
federations of schools within the local authority. I would like the following information please:

1) The number of cluster's, academy groups and or federations in the authority.
2) Which schools are in each cluster/academy/federation
3) The name of the cluster, academy or federation lead and the name of the school in which they work.

We have now completed a search for the information which you requested and I confirm the Authority holds information relevant to the request.

Please find attached spreadsheet 'Federations and academy groups'.

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Yours sincerely
Sue Bryan

From: Mark Tate [mailto:[FOI #307429 email]]
Sent: 16 December 2015 10:47
To: Freedom of Information Act
Subject: Freedom of Information request - School Cluster Groups within the West Sussex Authority

Dear West Sussex County Council,

I would like to make a request under the freedom of information act
to obtain information regarding school cluster groups, academy
groups and/or
federations of schools within the local authority. I would like the
following information please:

1) The number of cluster's, academy groups and or federations in
the authority.
2) Which schools are in each cluster/academy/federation
3) The name of the cluster, academy or federation lead and the name
of the
school in which they work.

I will look forward to receiving your response in due course

Yours faithfully,

Mark Tate

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