School Expenditure on De-escalation and Restrictive Physical Intervention Training
Dear Lord Williams's School, Thame,
I am writing to make a formal request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, I would like to request the expenditure for de-escalation and physical restraint training in your school. Additionally, I would like to know the name of the vendor who provided the training and received payment for the following academic years:
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
Please provide the requested information in an easily accessible format, such as a an excel or csv spreadsheet , with the information headers shown below. If the information is not available for any specific year, please indicate so in your response.
School Name
Address
Expenditure (2018/19)
Vendor (2018/19)
Expenditure (2019/20)
Vendor (2019/20)
Expenditure (2020/21)
Vendor (2020/21)
Expenditure (2021/22)
Vendor (2021/22)
Expenditure (2022/23)
Vendor (2022/23)
According to the Freedom of Information Act, I understand that you have 20 working days to respond. If for any reason you are unable to provide the requested information, please notify me as soon as possible.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to receiving your response.
Yours sincerely,
Becky Gillespie
ICARS
Dear Lord Williams's School, Thame,
Please accept this email as a gentle reminder of your obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to my FOI request in a timely fashion.
I was expecting a response by March 20th which was 20 working days after you received it.
Unfortunately that timescale has now breached.
Can I respectfully direct you to the Information Commissioner’s website at this link
Introduction | ICO - https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/foi...
Here you will find lots of guidance relating to how as a public organisation you must respond to a FOI request.
For additional clarity, when responding to my request please can you include in your calculations of expenditure for de-escalation and physical restraint training in your school any and all relevant expenditure including but not limited to; relevant whole school training; training of individuals; training the trainer and accreditation costs if you use in-house trainers plus any affiliation costs and sundries such as work books and supplies etc.
I thank you for your help in this matter and look forward to receiving your response promptly.
Yours faithfully,
Becky Gillespie
Hi Becky
Thank you for your request.
Here are the details for Lord Williams's School:
2018/19 De-escalation training, Behaviour Buddy
2023/24 De-escalation training, Behaviour Buddy
Kind regards
Tom Madelin
Tom Madelin | Chief Financial Officer
Lord Williams's School | Oxford Road | OX9 2AQ
T: 01844 210560 | E: [1][email address]
Lord Williams's School
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Dear Tom,
Thank you for your response. Could you please provide the expenditure paid to Behaviour Buddy as requested in the Freedom of Information (FOI) request? Upon downloading your school policy, it appears that your staff may not be trained in restraint. . Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. I will await your expenditure response.
Yours sincerely,
Becky Gillespie
Hi Becky
I can confirm that the vendor has informed us they consider this
commercially sensitive information.
Kind regards
Tom
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From: Becky Gillespie <[1][FOI #1090304 email]>
Sent: 30 April 2024 00:47
To: office.4580 <[2][Lord Williams's School, Thame request email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - School Expenditure on
De-escalation and Restrictive Physical Intervention Training
Dear Tom,
Thank you for your response. Could you please provide the expenditure paid
to Behaviour Buddy as requested in the Freedom of Information (FOI)
request? Upon downloading your school policy, it appears that your staff
may not be trained in restraint. . Thank you for your time and attention
to this matter. I will await your expenditure response.
Yours sincerely,
Becky Gillespie
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