West Sussex Secondary School Admissions
Dear West Sussex County Council,
My full name is Dr. Ines Lee. I am a lecturer in Economics at the University of York. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information on each secondary school in your borough:
- School Name
- Local Authority Establishment Number (LAESTAB)
- Unique Reference Number (URN)
- The number of children admitted under a distance criterion for year 7 entry
- The distance of the furthest child admitted under a distance criterion for year 7 entry
I would like this information for the school years 2013/14 through to 2014/15.
Many thanks,
Dr Ines Lee
Dear Ines
Thank you for your request which has been assigned reference FOI/6050
Freedom of Information request - West Sussex Secondary School Admissions
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Dear Dr Lee,
Please can you clarify the information you require in your FOI request
6050 is from academic years 2013/14 and academic years 2014/15 only.
kind regards
West Sussex County Council
Dear West Sussex County Council
Yes, that is correct. I require the information for academic years 2013/14 and academic years 2014/15.
Yours sincerely,
Ines
Dear Ines
We acknowledge receipt of your email to West Sussex County Council
We will pass your email on to the team handling your case FOI/6050.
If your email requires a response it will be issued within twenty working
days. If that is not possible then we will contact you again.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Dear Dr Lee
Our Ref: FOI6050
On 20 September you made the following request for information, which has
been dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000:
The following information on each secondary school in your borough:
- School Name
- Local Authority Establishment Number (LAESTAB)
- Unique Reference Number (URN)
- The number of children admitted under a distance criterion for year 7
entry
- The distance of the furthest child admitted under a distance criterion
for year 7 entry
I would like this information for the school years 2013/14 through to
2014/15.
We have now completed a search for the information which you requested and
confirm that this Authority holds some data relevant to your request.
The Response to your request is as follows:
• I attach copies of the secondary Information for Parents booklets for
entry in 2014, with information about entry in September 2013 and
entry in 2015, with information about entry in September 2014.
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