Information Commissioner's Office

Birley Spa Community Primary School

21 July 2014, Education (School)

The complainant has requested Birley Spa Community Primary School (the school) to disclose a copy of its ‘Fair Access Policy’ from December 2013. The school responded disclosing some information. The complainant wrote back to the school and to the Commissioner stating that she had not received the information she requested. The Commissioner requested the school to carry out further searches and to supply any further recorded information it may hold within the scope of the complainant’s request. The school complied and forwarded copies of all relevant policies to the complainant. The Commissioner is satisfied that on the balance of probabilities the school does not hold or no longer holds any further recorded information to that it has already provided. He therefore requires no further action to be taken. The Commissioner has however recorded a breach of section 10 of the FOIA in this case, as the school failed to respond to the complainant’s request within 20 working days of its receipt.

FOI 10: Upheld