Special Educational Provision post 19 (SEND)

Hello,

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

We are writing to acknowledge receipt of your enquiry dated 26/07/2024, in
which you request the disclosure of information.

We can confirm that your enquiry will now be assigned to an officer who
will commence a search for the information you require and they will
respond before the 20-working day deadline of 23/08/2024. Should we
envisage any delays, or require more details from you, we will contact you
immediately.

Regarding any communication about the above, please quote reference
8456880 (AA).

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Team

Lancashire County Council

[1]www.lancashire.gov.uk

[2][Lancashire County Council request email]

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Dear Ms Kay

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

We write to you in relation to your Freedom of Information request dated
26^th July 2024. Please see below our response.

Request:

Please provide a list of post 19 educational provision for young people
with SEN/D which is specific to SEND and is LA maintained.

I require the name of the establishment and its location within
Lancashire 

Response:

Bleasdale Special School (Silverdale)

Loyne Special School (Lancaster)

Pear Tree Special School (Kirkham)

Red Marsh Special School (Thornton)

Tom Finney Special School (Preston)

TorView Special School (Rossendale)

Pendle High Special School (Nelson)

Hillside Special School (Skelmersdale)

Broadfield Special School (Burnley)

West Lancs High Special School (West Lancashire)

Mayfield Special School (Chorley)

Coppice Special School (South Ribble)

If you are unhappy with the way in which your request for information has
been handled under the Freedom of Information Act, you can request a
review using the internal review process.

Please email your review request to [1][Lancashire County Council request
email] or in writing to:

The Freedom of Information Officer, Lancashire County Council, PO Box 78,
County Hall, Preston, PR1 8XJ, quoting our reference: 8456880 (AA).

Please note that such requests must be made within 40 working days of
receiving our response. Further information about the FOI complaints
process can be found on the county council website.

If, after this stage, you remain dissatisfied, you have the right to refer
the matter to the Information Commissioner, whose contact details are as
follows:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Email: [2][email address]

Yours sincerely

Alex

Information Access Officer

Information Governance Team

Lancashire County Council

W: [3]www.lancashire.gov.uk

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Dear Ms Kay, 

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION – INTERNAL REVIEW 

We are writing to acknowledge receipt of your email dated 4^th September
2024, in which you express dissatisfaction with the handling of your
request for information and we apologise for the delayed response.

We will now conduct an internal review where the handling of the case will
be examined, along with the original response. Wherever possible, somebody
other than the person who issued the original response will undertake this
review. 

We will respond by 2^nd October 2024  but should we envisage any delays,
or require more details from you, we will contact you at the earliest
opportunity.  

If you have any queries about the above, please do not hesitate to contact
us, quoting reference number 8752794 (AA/MB). 

Yours sincerely, 

Alex

Information Governance Team 

Lancashire County Council 

[1]www.lancashire.gov.uk  

[2][Lancashire County Council request email] 

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FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

Dear Diane Kay

Reference: 8752794 (AA/MB)

Internal Review under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000

I am writing to you in response to your email of 04/09/24, in which you
expressed concerns with Lancashire County Council's response to your FOI
request: 8456880 (AA). As you have raised a complaint with the handling of
your FOI request, the County Council has conducted an internal review.
This internal review has been concluded and the County Council is now able
to provide you with the below response.

Original Request of 26/07/24

Please provide a list of post 19 educational provision for young people
with SEN/D which is specific to SEND and is LA maintained.

I require the name of the establishment and its location within
Lancashire.

Original Response of 13/08/24

Bleasdale Special School (Silverdale)

Loyne Special School (Lancaster)

Pear Tree Special School (Kirkham)

Red Marsh Special School (Thornton)

Tom Finney Special School (Preston)

TorView Special School (Rossendale)

Pendle High Special School (Nelson)

Hillside Special School (Skelmersdale)

Broadfield Special School (Burnley)

West Lancs High Special School (West Lancashire)

Mayfield Special School (Chorley)

Coppice Special School (South Ribble)

Internal Review Request of 04/09/24

The list in the council’s response contains schools which do not provide
post 19 education. I haven’t requested this information.

I have requested this information twice in the past 2 years and it hasn’t
been provided.

My request is clear.

This information should be readily available.

Internal Review Response

For this internal review I have looked through the issues you have raised
and the chronology of this request. I have assessed our handling of your
request against the requirements of the FOIA.

We have discussed your internal review request with the relevant County
Council service. From these discussions, it has become apparent that the
County Council's response to your original request was incorrect. Your
complaint is therefore upheld, and the County Council will now provide you
with a revised response. We apologise for this error which came from a
misunderstanding of your original question.

In answer to your original question, there are no LA maintained
educational establishments in Lancashire which offer post 19 educational
provision for young people with SEN/D.

This response concludes the internal review process. If you remain
dissatisfied you have the right to refer the matter to the Information
Commissioner, whose contact details are as follows:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Email: [1][email address]

If you have any queries regarding any of the above, or you require any
additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the team quoting
reference number: 8752794 (AA/MB).

Yours sincerely,

Myles

Information Governance Team

Legal, Governance & Registrars Service

Lancashire County Council

Email: [2][Lancashire County Council request email]

Web: [3]www.lancashire.gov.uk

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