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Dear Hester Burn

Freedom of Information - Right of Access Request

I write to acknowledge your recent application to East Riding of Yorkshire
Council for access to information under the above Act, the details of
which are set out below.

Request:

Please could you provide the school term dates set by your authority
between the academic years 2006/07 and 2021/22?

If possible, please could you: (1) supply these dates in .csv or .xlsx
(Excel) format; (2) include the dates for each of the six half terms for
each academic year; (3) for each half term, list the ‘Open’ date as the
first day that local authority schools were open and the ‘Close’ date as
the last day that local authority schools were open; (4) state that a
school was ‘Open’ even if it is expected that all schools used that date
as in INSET (in-service training) day; (5) ignore the early May bank
holidays, Easter weekend (if not in holiday time), royal events, and any
other nation-wide public holidays.

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Dear East Riding of Yorkshire Council,

Please could you provide the school term dates set by your authority
between the academic years 2006/07 and 2021/22?

If possible, please could you: (1) supply these dates in .csv or .xlsx
(Excel) format; (2) include the dates for each of the six half terms for
each academic year; (3) for each half term, list the ‘Open’ date as the
first day that local authority schools were open and the ‘Close’ date as
the last day that local authority schools were open; (4) state that a
school was ‘Open’ even if it is expected that all schools used that date
as in INSET (in-service training) day; (5) ignore the early May bank
holidays, Easter weekend (if not in holiday time), royal events, and any
other nation-wide public holidays.

If your authority has undergone boundary changes in this period, please
indicate this in your response but still provide dates for the previous
authority.

In case it is useful, I have created a spreadsheet proforma for the
information which can be found here:
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I am making this request under the FOI Act. Many thanks, in advance, for
your help.

Yours faithfully,
Hester Burn

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Dear Burn
Further to your recent request for access to information within the
Freedom of Information Act, please see the attached letter.

Kind regards
​Sarah Robinson 
Information Governance and Feedback Team

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