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Dear The Valley Leadership Academy, Bacup,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act. Please disclose the following:

Do you have mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender neutral) toilets for pupils? Yes/No

If yes, please:

list location of toilet blocks and disclose for each toilet block:

number of mixed sex toilets with shared handwashing facilities
number of mixed sex toilets with self-contained hand washing in each toilet
number of toilets in separate girls toilet blocks
number of toilets and number of urinals in separate boys toilet blocks

For stand alone separate single mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender neutral) toilets for student use, please disclose the:
number of stand alone accessible toilets on site
number of stand alone toilets on site, not fitted out for accessible use

Please provide the following information:

current policies or rules on use of toilets

documents/reports presented to the governing body on:
converting single sex toilets to mixed sex toilets, and
discipline problems relating to use of pupil toilets.

Have you reported any sexual assaults to the police 2021 to date?
Yes/No

If yes, please state year, and location(s) of the alleged sexual assault(s).

For new build and converted mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender neutral) toilets in your school, please disclose:
Risk assessments
equality impact assessments

For converted toilets, date(s) of conversion and cost of work

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Redactions:
Please ensure that where you deem it necessary under s.40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to redact personal data or any other information, please redact the minimum necessary (eg redact an individual’s name not their organisation in email addresses) and send me the rest of the material, explaining the legal grounds for each redaction.

Accessibility
If the information is already published, please provide the link to the document and let me know the relevant page number or agenda item.

Please acknowledge receipt of this request.

Many thanks for your assistance.

Yours,

Mrs Williams

Dear Mrs Williams,

I write to acknowledge your Freedom of Information request and advise it
will be handled within the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
2000, and we will respond to you as soon as possible and within 20 working
days. Please note that school holidays may impact this timeline.

Kind regards

Sadiya

Sadiya Yusuf
Policy and Assurance Lead Adviser

0330 313 9173 | [1][email address]

This email was sent at a date and time that was convenient to the sender.
Please do not feel obliged to respond outside of normal business hours.

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Dear The Valley Leadership Academy, Bacup,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please disclose the following:

Do you have mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender neutral) toilets for
pupils? Yes/No

If yes, please:

list location of toilet blocks and disclose for each toilet block:

number of mixed sex toilets with shared handwashing facilities
number of mixed sex toilets with self-contained hand washing in each
toilet
number of toilets in separate girls toilet blocks
number of toilets and number of urinals in separate boys toilet blocks

For stand alone separate single mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender
neutral) toilets for student use, please disclose the:
number of stand alone accessible toilets on site
number of stand alone toilets on site, not fitted out for accessible use

Please provide the following information:

current policies or rules on use of toilets

documents/reports presented to the governing body on:
converting single sex toilets to mixed sex toilets, and
discipline problems relating to use of pupil toilets.

Have you reported any sexual assaults to the police 2021 to date?
Yes/No

If yes, please state year, and location(s) of the alleged sexual
assault(s).

For new build and converted mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender
neutral) toilets in your school, please disclose:
Risk assessments
equality impact assessments

For converted toilets, date(s) of conversion and cost of work

Time limit: You should regard the 20 working day limit for answering FOIs
as a ‘long stop’, in other words the latest possible date on which you may
issue a response (ICO guidance on time limits in FOIA Section 10).

Excessive costs: If this request needs refining to make it possible for
you to comply without incurring excessive costs (FOIA Section 12),
consider ways in which you can help me to refine my request so you can
answer without exceeding the appropriate limit. Please let me know as soon
as possible, so you will be able to make the disclosures promptly, within
the Section 10 time limit.

Redactions:
Please ensure that where you deem it necessary under s.40 of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 to redact personal data or any other information,
please redact the minimum necessary (eg redact an individual’s name not
their organisation in email addresses) and send me the rest of the
material, explaining the legal grounds for each redaction.

Accessibility
If the information is already published, please provide the link to the
document and let me know the relevant page number or agenda item.

Please acknowledge receipt of this request.

Many thanks for your assistance.

Yours,

Mrs Williams

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Dear Mrs Williams,

Further to your request for information received on 20^th May 2024 under
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I enclose Star
Academies’ response within this email.

You asked:

list location of toilet blocks and disclose for each toilet block:

number of mixed sex toilets with shared handwashing facilities
number of mixed sex toilets with self-contained hand washing in each
toilet
number of toilets in separate girls toilet blocks
number of toilets and number of urinals in separate boys toilet blocks

For stand alone separate single mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender
neutral) toilets for student use, please disclose the:
number of stand alone accessible toilets on site
number of stand alone toilets on site, not fitted out for accessible use

Please provide the following information:

current policies or rules on use of toilets

documents/reports presented to the governing body on:
converting single sex toilets to mixed sex toilets, and
discipline problems relating to use of pupil toilets.

Have you reported any sexual assaults to the police 2021 to date?
Yes/No

If yes, please state year, and location(s) of the alleged sexual
assault(s).

For new build and converted mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender
neutral) toilets in your school, please disclose:
Risk assessments
equality impact assessments

For converted toilets, date(s) of conversion and cost of work

Our response:

1. Do you have mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender neutral) toilets
for pupils? Yes/No

a. If yes, please:

i. list
location of toilet blocks and disclose for each toilet block:

1. number of mixed sex toilets with shared handwashing facilities    2
2. number of mixed sex toilets with self-contained hand washing in
each toilet    9
3. number of toilets in separate girls toilet blocks    14
4. number of toilets and number of urinals in separate boys toilet
blocks 9 and 6 urinals

ii. For
stand alone separate single mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender
neutral) toilets for student use, please disclose the:

1. number of stand alone accessible toilets on site 3
2. number of stand alone toilets on site, not fitted out for
accessible use 3

b. Please provide the following information:

i.
current policies or rules on use of toilets There are 4 toilet areas for
girls and 4 for boys, the remainder are individual toilets for mixed sex.

ii.
documents/reports presented to the governing body on: No information held

1. converting single sex toilets to mixed sex toilets, and
2. discipline problems relating to use of pupil toilets.

c. Have you reported any sexual assaults to the police 2021 to date?
Yes/No

i. If
yes, please state year, and location(s) of the alleged sexual assault(s).

d. For new build and converted mixed sex (also known as unisex or gender
neutral) toilets in your school, please disclose: Information not
held

i. Risk
assessments

ii.
equality impact assessments

iii. For
converted toilets, date(s) of conversion and cost of work

If you are unhappy with the response that you have received in relation to
your request and wish to request a review of the decision, you should
write to: Data Protection, Star Academies, Shadsworth Road, Blackburn,
BB1 2HT or email [1][email address].

If you are not content with the outcome of your review, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted Star
Academies’ procedure. The information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Telephone 0303 123 1113 or via [2]www.ico.org.uk.

For more information on how Star Academies processes personal data please
see our Privacy Policy.

Kind regards

Sadiya Yusuf

Sadiya Yusuf
Policy and Assurance Lead Adviser

This email was sent at a date and time that was convenient to the sender.
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Star Academies | Shadsworth Road, Blackburn BB1 2HT
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From: StarCentral_Regulatory <[email address]>
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Subject: Acknowledgement: Freedom of Information request - Single Sex
facilities

Dear Mrs Williams,

Kind regards

Sadiya

Sadiya Yusuf
Policy and Assurance Lead Adviser

0330 313 9173 | [7][email address]

This email was sent at a date and time that was convenient to the sender.
Please do not feel obliged to respond outside of normal business hours.

Star Academies | Shadsworth Road, Blackburn BB1 2HT
0330 313 9800 | [8][email address] | [9]staracademies.org |
[10]@StarAcademies

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Sent: 20 May 2024 22:20
To: Info TheValley <[13][The Valley Leadership Academy, Bacup request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Single Sex facilities

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