9 November 2016, Education (School)
The complainant has requested information relating to a confidential meeting that took place on 31 August 2015 to discuss the Headteacher of one of the schools within the trust. The trust released a redacted version of the minutes and informed the complainant that it wished to withhold information under section 30(1)(a) of the FOIA. The Commissioner considers section 40 of the FOIA should have been applied in this case. She has considered the contents of the withheld information and she considers that section 40 of the FOIA applies. Although the Commissioner requires no further action to be taken, she has noted that the trust breached sections 1, 10 and 17 of the FOIA whilst handling this request.
FOI 1: Upheld FOI 10: Upheld FOI 17: Upheld FOI 40: Not upheld