Dear Plymouth City 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: https://tinyurl.com/termdatesEng

I am making this request under the FOI Act. Many thanks, in advance, for your help.

Yours faithfully,
Hester Burn

Dear Plymouth City Council,

I am sending this follow-up email as the 20 working days deadline to respond to my request, as required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, has now passed.

I am sure that you are dealing with the request. I am also aware that there may be delays or perhaps that a response has been posted on an online system but not communicated via this email thread.

If possible, please could you therefore update me as to the status of my request or alternatively direct me to where the response has been posted?

Many thanks again, in advance, for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Hester Burn

Dear Data Protection Officer,

Thank you for your reply.
I did not receive an acknowledgement email, so perhaps the original request was not logged. It was as follows, sent 9th February 2023:

'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: https://tinyurl.com/termdatesEng

I am making this request under the FOI Act. Many thanks, in advance, for your help.'

Yours sincerely,

Hester Burn