9 June 2015, Education (School)
The complainant has requested information from the Blue Coat School about an aspect of its admissions process and has complained to the Information Commissioner because the Blue Coat School has not provided a response to this request. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Blue Coat School has breached section 10 of the FOIA because it has failed to respond to the request within 20 working days. The Commissioner requires the public authority to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17 of the FOIA. The public authority must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
FOI 10: Upheld