Disclosure Log

State school applications from private schools (FOI/4789)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 19 September 2024

Dear *****

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00004789

Thank you for your email of 16 September 2024 where you requested information about state school applications from private schools.

The information you requested is:
 
  1. Please can you provide the number of submitted applications (per child) from independent school to state schools for an in-year transfer that were received between 1 June 2024 to 9 September 2024 – 20 applications for the period requested.
  2. Please can you provide the number of queries received asking about the availability of state school places for a pupil currently attending independent school received between 1 June 2024 to 9 September 2024. – Information not held as we do not keep records of queries.
  3. If this data is not categorised or able to be filtered by requests from queries which references that the pupil attends an independent school, please show the total number of queries asking about the availability of state school places received between 1 June 2024 to 9 September 2024. – Information not held as we do not keep records of queries.

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

Yours sincerely

Colin Sawers
Information Case Officer | Customers, Complaints and Information
Chief Executive"s Department | Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall | Loughborough Road | West Bridgford | NOTTINGHAM | NG2 7QP
Tel: (0115) 977 3714