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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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