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Exam Results

If your enquiry is about 2021 exam results, we will endeavour to get a
response to you as soon as possible.

If your enquiry is related to exam appeals or priority appeals, we
recommend that students should discuss the appeals process with their
school or college in the first instance. JCQ have also published a student
guide to appeals which can be found here:
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If a student wishes to appeal a VTQ result they should refer to the
guidance on their specific Awarding Organisation’s website.

Students can also contact the National Careers Service helpline for advice
and support regarding their results, including for advice on appeals, on
0800 100 900. 

Other enquiries

Thank you for contacting the Department for Education. If you are
contacting us about coronavirus (COVID-19) you can find advice and
guidance on [2]GOV.UK. This includes [3]guidance for educational settings
in England. You can also contact our coronavirus helpline on 0800 046
8687. Lines are open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm and weekends 10am to
4pm.

For emails and other written enquiries you will usually receive a reply
within 15 working days. You can find out how the department processes your
personal information by reading our [4]Privacy Notice.

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Dear  Mark Daniels 

Thank you for your recent enquiry which was received on 19/09/2021 16:38 .

A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible. For information; the
departmental standard for correspondence received is that responses should
be sent within 20 working days as you are requesting information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your correspondence has been allocated
reference number 2021-0041843 

Department for Education

Ministerial and Public Communications Division

Tel: 0370 000 2288

Web: [1]https://www.education.gov.uk
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Thank you for your request for information, which was received on
19 September 2021

I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

NHS publish Covid-19 testing data weekly every Thursday. The data covers
Wednesday to Thursday each preceding week, rather than Monday to Friday.
All the published data is available at the link below:

[1]Weekly statistics for NHS Test and Trace (England) - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk)

For the data on the number of LFD tests reported by secondary school
students and the number of positive results, please refer to Table 8 in
the ‘Tests conducted: 28 May 2020 to  22 September 2021’ excel file. This
includes the breakdown of LFD tests taken in secondary schools in England
each week since January 2021. There is a direct link to this file below.

[2]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by an
independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
 

Yours sincerely
 
Ross Connett

Intelligence & Evidence Cell | Covid Response Unit | Department for
Education
Tel: 07384 520972 | [3][email address]

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Thank you for contacting the Department for Education. We can confirm that
we have received the Freedom of Information request you submitted.

We will respond to you within 20 working days.

Thank you for your request for information, which was received on 16
October 2021

I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Department is
not required to provide information in response to a request if it is
already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is
publicly available on the NHS Test and Trace website, a link is below:

[1]Weekly statistics for NHS Test and Trace (England) - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk)

If you do not have access to the internet or a suitable device at home,
you may be able to use facilities at your local public library.

The Department for Health and Social Care are responsible for the NHS Test
and Trace data, so if you are unable to access then I would advise you to
contact them as the data owner.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by an
independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Kane Murray
Intelligence & Evidence Cell | Covid Response Unit
 
 
 

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