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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 48)
Good morning,
Please see attached pdf versions of the initial refusal of your FOI and
the refusal at internal review stage. I can confirm these are t...
Pecuniary Interests Register 2024/2025
Follow up sent to Blessed Peter Snow Catholic Academy Trust by Gary on .
Successful
Dear BPS Admin Team,
Many thanks for your helpfulness, I have marked this FOIR as complete, I have received all the information.
Yours sincerely,...
Dear Gary Symonds,
Please find attached our response to your request made under the Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 received 26^th September...
NCC Compliance With Safeguarding Legislation
Response by Norfolk County Council to Gary on .
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Dear Gary Symonds,
Following your appeal, I have now undertaken an internal review of the County Council's original response.
Background
On 22 April...
Ofsted 'Guide to Ofsted’s house style' and requirements of Inspectors to comply with statutory guidance.
Internal review request sent to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary on .
Awaiting internal review
Dear Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews...
Governors declarations for the CIty Academy Norwich, a Sapientia Academy
Follow up sent to Sapientia Education Trust by Gary on .
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Dear Robert Moorhouse,
Many thanks for your reply which is very helpful.
Just to expand on my research, I am preparing a report which I intend to s...
05-07-24 - A concern has been raised with the Department for Education who regulate compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook. They have been sent a l...
Ofsted Inspections City of Norwich School, an Ormiston Academy
Response by Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills to Gary on .
Partially successful
Dear Mr Symonds,
The issues in your latest email have already been covered in our response of 22 May 2024, including our decision to waive the interna...
Regarding Ofsted Inspections City of Norwich School, an Ormiston Academy 2021
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Long overdue
The response from the Ofsted links to a letter the Ofsted sent me in response to a corresponding request. I am mindful the ICO, when dealing with compl...
Head of Business Delivery for Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership.
Follow up sent to Norfolk County Council by Gary on .
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Thank you for your responses to my FOIR, the information is useful to my investigation.
As a result of the WDTK FOIRs...
The role and purpose of a safeguarding partner - an FOIR
Response by Norfolk County Council to Gary on .
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Dear Gary
Freedom of Information Request ENQ-694740-N3D1C7
I refer to your request for information dated 25 March 2024 and your
clarificat...
Regulation of Local Children's Safeguarding Partnerships
Response by Department for Education to Gary on .
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Dear Gary
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on
07/03/2024 19:37 . You requested:
'Dear Department for Edu...
Statutory policies for schools and academy trusts - An FOIR
Response by Department for Education to Gary on .
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Thank you for contacting the Department for Education (DfE). We will aim
to reply within 15 working days.
You can check online for the department’...
Dear Gary
Freedom of Information Request ENQ-684548-N0Y9S0
I refer to your request for information dated 6 February 2024
You asked fo...
Number of NCC registered Local Area Designated Officers.
Response by Norfolk County Council to Gary on .
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Dear Gary
Freedom of Information Request ENQ-685632-N6S1J8
I refer to your request for information dated 9 February 2024
You asked fo...
As can be seen from my response on the 26th Jan 2024, although the OAT refused the request I have since managed to source the document from alternative...
Dear Gary
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) complaint procedure is
available on their website at: [1]https://www.ombudsman....
The Children Act 2004 requires every upper tier local authority to appoint a Director of Children’s Services and designate a Lead Member for Children’s Services.
Response by Norfolk County Council to Gary on .
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Dear Gary Symonds
Freedom of Information Request ENQ-666843-Q5B3L3
I refer to your request for information dated 26 October 2023.
You asked...
Section 7 and Section 37 Court Welfare Reports
Response by Norfolk County Council to Gary on .
Information not held
Dear Gary,
Please find below our response to your enquiry.
Your request
Do the procedures to instigate a Section 7 or Section 37 Chil...
Dear Gary,
We would like to acknowledge that we have received your query and a ticket
has been created.
Ormiston Academies Trust's data protection...
Regarding the recording of cases involving Allegations Against Persons who Work/Volunteer with Children
Response by Norfolk County Council to Gary on .
Partially successful
Dear Gary Symonds,
Following the below and attached correspondence I have undertaken an
internal review of the original response provided to you...
Dear Gary,
We would like to acknowledge that we have received your query and a ticket
has been created.
Ormiston Academies Trust's data protection...
Sharing of pupil data
Follow up sent to Ormiston Academies Trust by Gary on .
Awaiting internal review
Dear Alexandra Coughlan, DPO for Ormiston Academies Trust
Thank you for your confirmation that an internal review will be carried out for this reques...
Dear Alexandra Coughlan, DPO for Ormiston Academies Trust,
Thank you for your email response to this FOIR, however you have sent it to my private ema...
FOI Request regarding information supplied in a previous FOIR
Follow up sent to Ormiston Academies Trust by Gary on .
Partially successful
As I have not had a response to my recent enquiry regarding a RFIR I believe it is appropriate to assume the Trust will not accept an RFIR outside of t...
This person's 29 annotations
05-07-24 - A concern has been raised with the Department for Education who regulate compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook. They have been sent a l...
The Ormiston Academies Trust has issued a refusal notice for this FOIR. However I believe it to be in the public interest to challenge that refusal. Th...
Regarding Ofsted Inspections City of Norwich School, an Ormiston Academy 2021
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Long overdue
The response from the Ofsted links to a letter the Ofsted sent me in response to a corresponding request. I am mindful the ICO, when dealing with compl...
Academy Trust Handbook 2023 (Section 1.44)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64a52424c531eb000c64fe78/ATH_2023_FINAL_040723__digital__tr...
Link to CEC governors declarations of interest page 23/24
https://web.archive.org/web/20240610180002/https://cowesec.org/admin/wp-content/uploads/sit...
Ofsted 'Guide to Ofsted’s house style' and requirements of Inspectors to comply with statutory guidance.
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Awaiting internal review
The refusal letter from Ofsted is quite lengthy and I'm not sure the Ofsted should have gone into such detail for a refusal notice at this stage, it lo...
Ofsted 'Guide to Ofsted’s house style' and requirements of Inspectors to comply with statutory guidance.
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Awaiting internal review
The Osted have refused my request. I understand I have 40 days to submit a request for internal review which I believe will be around 20th June to subm...
Ofsted Inspections City of Norwich School, an Ormiston Academy
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Partially successful
I'm confused as to why the Ofsted wished to provide responses to my WDTK FOIR out of site the WDTK website. In their request for my private email the r...
Ofsted Inspections City of Norwich School, an Ormiston Academy
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Partially successful
I've archived copies of the related correspondence that was sent/received as a result of Ofsted requesting my personal email address. The reason is tha...
LADO qualification requirements
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I mistakenly forgot to incude in my request the meaning of the acronym 'LADO'. For clarification the acronym LADO stands for Local Authority Designated...
As can be seen from my response on the 26th Jan 2024, although the OAT refused the request I have since managed to source the document from alternative...
Ormiston Academies Trust Board Portal.
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The use of the acronym/abbreviation COTS in the request refers to Commercial Off The Shelf Software.
Health and Safety Concerns.
Partially successful
Update 17-11-22. As a result of ICO intervention (ICO Case Reference IC-162392-Y3G4) the Ormiston Academies Trust has now (on the 16-11-22) responded t...
Safeguarding Concerns
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Refused
The Cabinet Office have now responded to my FOI regarding Govt departments adhering to the Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Guidelines - a link to...
Safeguarding Concerns
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Refused
In my Request for Internal Review to the Ofsted I included a link to a corresponding FOI request to the Cabinet Office regarding the Cabinet Office Cod...
Regarding the accountability of public money
Long overdue
Due to a lack of response by the Department of Education to the outstanding parts of my FOI request I submitted a Request for Internal Review in order...
Safeguarding Concerns
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Refused
A copy of the link to this FOI was sent on the 8th March 2022, with other information regarding this matter, to Clive Lewis MP for Norwich.
Safeguarding Concerns
Request to Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills by Gary. Annotated by Gary on .
Refused
Ofsted has responded to my FOI on the 14th March 2022. However their first response is a refusal for a number of reason. I intend to submit a request f...
Finance Concerns
Partially successful
14-02-22. In an annotation made on the 2nd February 2022 I referred to an FOI I had made to the Department of Education (DfE) and was hoping to receive...
Finance Concerns
Partially successful
A request for internal review has been sent 11-02-22 and acknowledged as received by the Ormiston Academies Trust on the same day, with the acknowledge...
Finance Concerns
Partially successful
I was expecting, by now, a response to an FOI I made to the Department of Education (via the gov.uk website) before submitting a Request for Internal R...
Finance Concerns
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Update 26th Jan 2022, am awaiting information from the Department of Education before submitting a Request for Internal Review for this. I should recei...
Health and Safety Concerns.
Partially successful
A request for Internal Review was sent on the 17th Jan 2022 and acknowledged received the same day.
Internal Reviews should be undertaken within 20...
Finance Concerns
Partially successful
For reference this annotation includes the link to the Ormiston Academies Trust Data Protection and Freedom of Information Policy in effect at the time...
Health and Safety Concerns.
Partially successful
For reference this annotation includes the link to the Ormiston Academies Trust Data Protection and Freedom of Information Policy in effect at the time...