Tag Archives: FOI
“Unfortunately the Department cannot disclose the names of underperforming primary schools”
This is the response that the DfE gave to a request for the list of Primary Schools that are threatened with being forced to become academies Continue reading
How to make a Freedom of Information request
This is an example of a Freedom of Information request that has recently been made into a school which is being forced to become and Academy. Continue reading
Using the Freedom of Information Act (FOI)
The Freedom of Information Act, which came in to force at the beginning of 2005, can be a powerful tool in campaigning against academies and trust schools. Continue reading
Are academy conversions creating opportunities for insurance companies to fleece the taxpayer?
If this scam was repeated across the 1,o00+ schools that have become academies, the taxpayer could be paying millions more for school insurance. The Secretary of State for Education needs to come clean about the figures. Continue reading
Key Gove adviser blocked civil servants’ free school inquiries
“NSN has not, is not, and will never answer a single FOI request made to us concerning anything at all.” Continue reading