School Commencement Date

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Dear North Ayrshire Council,

Could you please provide me with the following information in respect of each primary school in your area; for every year from (and including) 2010 to (and including) such future year as information exists?

1) The “school commencement date” and if different, the “appropriate latest date” (both as defined in the Education Scotland Act 1980) on or before which a child must attain the age of five years in order to come within the category of children whom your local authority consider of sufficient age to commence attendance at that primary school on that school commencement date;

2) A description of the decision-making process and factors taken into consideration by your local authority when deciding on the “school commencement date” and/or “appropriate latest date” together with copies of any relevant guidance and policies used to inform or guide the decision;

3) Details of decision maker(s), who has been consulted including advisers in relation to the decision-making process on the “school commencement date” and/or “appropriate latest date” together with information and copies of documents relevant to such consultations and copies of such advice;

4) Details of the timeframe for the decision-making process and dates when the “school commencement date” and/or “appropriate latest date” were (or in relation to future years will be or are expected to be) fixed for each year;

5) The documents in which the “school commencement date” and/or “appropriate latest date” were (or in relation to future years will be or are expected to be) officially recorded and fixed for the purposes of section 32 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and the documents or location where they were (or in relation to future years will be or are expected to be) published or made known to the public;

6) Details of any changes made to any “school commencement date” and/or “appropriate latest date” under subsections 32(2)(b) or 32(5)(b) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, the reasons for such change and details of any consultations carried out on changing the school commencement date (or dates) in respect of schedule 1, paragraph 6 of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 since its commencement on 5 April 2010.

Yours faithfully,

D. Brisbane

North Ayrshire Council

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Sent: 22/January/2019 12:12 (GMT)
To: [email address]
Subject: Freedom of Information request - School Commencement Date

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Yours faithfully,

D. Brisbane

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Dear D. Brisbane

Thank you for your correspondence which was received by North Ayrshire
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North Ayrshire Council acknowledges receipt of your request and will
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Yours sincerely

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Dear D Brisbane

Thank you for your request for information dated 22 January 2019 which was
received by North Ayrshire Council on 22 January 2019.

We have now completed our research for the information and the responses
to your questions are listed below.

Please see the attached document with your request and the response.

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Any request for a review should be made in writing in the first instance
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FOI /EIR Manager
Data Service
Cunninghame House
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Ayrshire
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Dear North Ayrshire Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of North Ayrshire Council's handling of my FOI request 'School Commencement Date'.

I appreciate your reply, however, you may have misunderstood the question. I am interested in understanding how the Local Authority set the actual commencement date in August each year for starting school. Therefore each of the questions relate to how this date is decided and the actual date that the child must start school.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,

D. Brisbane

North Ayrshire Council

Dear D. Brisbane,

Thank you for your email dated 4th March 2019 which was received by North
Ayrshire Council on 4th March 2019, requesting a review.

North Ayrshire Council acknowledges receipt and will respond to you within
20 working days as required by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002. We will contact you if we require any further information or
clarification from you. 

Yours sincerely

Samantha Alexander

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I refer to your request for a freedom of information review. I now enclose
my decision notice, from which you will see that I have upheld your review
as your request for information had been misinterpreted and there is in
fact further information that can be released to you. The further
information available is also attached to this email. Please accept the
Council's apologies that the full response was not issued to you when your
request was originally dealt with.

(See attached file: FOI Review 1-4-19.pdf)

I hope you are satisfied with this outcome but if you are not happy with
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Kind regards,

Aileen Craig
Senior Manager, Legal Services
Democratic Services
North Ayrshire Council,
Cunninghame House, Irvine. KA12 8EE

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