14 October 2014, Education (School)
The complainant has requested information from the Urswick School (‘the School’) regarding the ethnic composition of the school, including details of referrals, exclusions and other behaviour related sanctions by ethnic origin. The Commissioner’s decision is that the School has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA in failing to provide a response to the request within the statutory time frame of 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the public authority to provide the complainant with a response to his request which complies with the requirements of section 1(1) of the FOIA, or issue a valid refusal notice.
FOI 10: Upheld