School term dates 2006/07 to 2021/22 by local authority
Dear Torbay Borough 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
FOI/EIR
Our reference: 9359369
Your reference: [FOI #946997 email]
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Dear Hester Burn
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Thank you for your request for information that was received on 9 February
2023.
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Dear Hester Burn
Thank you for your request for information received on 9 February 2023.
Please find attached our response to your request.
Yours faithfully
Greer
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Dear Torbay Council,
Thank you so much for your response.
The response reads "I can confirm that the information requested is held by Torbay Council", however the dates supplied begin in 2016/17.
Please can you confirm whether the council holds information on the term dates between 2006/07 and 2015/16, as per the original request?
Huge thanks again, in advance, for your help.
Yours sincerely,
Hester Burn
Dear Hester Burn,
We are sorry for the error with our response. I have checked with the
department and please find attached the dates that are held.
Kind regards
Greer
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From: [FOI #946997 email]
Sent: 08/03/2023 09:41
To: [email address]
Subject: Re: Information request response (ref: 9359369)
(Attachments:) Email from [FOI #946997 email] - Re: Information request
response .txt, Email (original message) from [FOI #946997 email] received
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Dear Hester Burn,
We are sorry for the error with our response. I have checked with the
department and please find attached the dates that are held.
Kind regards
Greer
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From: [FOI #946997 email]
Sent: 08/03/2023 09:41
To: [email address]
Subject: Re: Information request response (ref: 9359369)
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Dear Torbay Council,
Many thanks for your response.
I was wondering if it might be possible to receive new versions of the term dates from 2016/17 onwards?
This is because, on the spreadsheet previously supplied, the months December - February are missing, and the days of the week for September - November are 'Monday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Thursday Friday.' Unfortunately this makes the dates impossible to interpret.
Huge thanks again, in advance, for your help.
Yours sincerely,
Hester Burn
Dear Mr Burn
Please find revised and corrected dates.
Kind regards
Greer
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From: [FOI #946997 email]
Sent: 13/04/2023 10:08
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Subject: Re: Information request response (ref: 9359369)
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Dear Torbay Council,
Please can I just check if the previous email was missing an attachment by accident?
If not, please could you tell me where to find the revised and corrected dates?
Many thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Hester Burn
Dear Hester,
Please accept my apologises and see attached.
Kind regards
Greer
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From: [FOI #946997 email]
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Subject: Re: Information request response (ref: 9359369)
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