Freedom of information
Freedom of Information
Guide to information available from St Mark’s CE Primary School under the model publication scheme
We referred to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ‘Freedom of Information Act 2000: Definition document for the governing bodies of maintained and other state-funded schools in England under the model publication scheme’ (v4.0) to produce this guide for the public about what the ICO expects us to publish to meet our public duties. It includes applicable datasets. For more information about the FOIA guidance we follow, please also see https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-freedom-of-information/publication-scheme/.
This guide covers only information we currently hold. If we do not hold some of the information listed below, we will mark it as ‘not held’ in the table. When we publish information online, find it by clicking on the links in the table. When you can get a hard copy, the table explains how i.e., where to get one or who to contact. Some information like certain lists, registers, and logs may only be available for inspection.
Class 1 - Who we are and what we do
Information published on the school website stmarksschoolnatland.co.uk
Cost: no charge
Current information about us; our structures, locations, and contacts (including postal and email addresses, and named contacts with their telephone numbers and email addresses where possible).
Headteacher’s contact details
Who’s who in the school
Who’s who on the Governing Body and selection criteria for appointment
Governing Body contact details
Instrument of Government
School session times and term dates
Class 2 – What we spend and how we spend it
On request from the School Business Manager
Cost: copying and postage
Financial information about our projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement, contracts, and financial audit.
Current and previous financial year as a minimum.
Annual budget and financial statements
Capital funding.
Financial audit reports.
Details of expenditure items over £2000 (published at least annually but at a more frequent quarterly or six-monthly interval where practical).
Staff pay (details of senior staff salaries in bands of £5,000. For all other posts, identify levels of pay by salary range).
Staff allowances and expenses that can be incurred or claimed, with totals paid to individual senior staff members.
Governor allowances that can be incurred or claimed, and a record of total payments made to individual governors.
Procurement and contracts we have entered into, or information about/a link to information held by an organisation which has done so on our behalf e.g., a local authority or diocese.
Details of any premiums we receive such as Pupil Premium.
Class 3 – What our priorities are and how we are doing
Information on, or available via links on, the school website:
stmarksschoolnatland.co.uk
Cost: no charge
Our current strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections, and reviews.
Annual Report.
Latest report from the regulator Ofsted.
· Summary
· Full report
· Post-inspection action plan
Exam and assessment results.
Performance tables
Our school profile and performance data supplied to the Government (GIAS)
Data Protection impact assessments (in full or summary format) or any other impact assessment (e.g., Health & Safety Impact Assessment, Equality Impact Assessments etc), as appropriate and relevant.
Class 4 – How we make decisions
Information available on the school website:
stmarksschoolnatland.co.uk
Cost: copying and postage
Our decision-making processes and records of decisions.
Current and previous three years as a minimum.
Admissions policy and, where applicable, general, and not individual admission decisions e.g., application numbers/patterns of successful applicants, including criteria on which applications were successful.
Agendas and minutes of meetings of the Governing Body and its committees unless an exemption applies to the information or parts of it.
Class 5 – Our policies and procedures
Available either on the school website: stmarksschoolnaltand.co.uk
or on request from the School Business Manager:
Cost: copying and postage
Our current written protocols, policies, and procedures for delivering our services and responsibilities
As a minimum we include policies, procedures, and documents that we are required to have by statute or through our funding agreement or by the English government and include handling information requests.
School policies and other documents, such as behaviour policy, anti-bullying policy, online safety, vision and values etc.
Current information to be published
Cost: copying and postage
Safeguarding and child protection, including protecting children’s personal data on website
Equality and Diversity (Single Equality Scheme) on website
Policies and procedures relating to recruitment and human resources
on request from School Business via admin@st-marks.cumbria.sch.uk
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) on website
Complaints policies and procedures including those covering handling requests for information and operating the publication scheme on website
Pay Policy
on request from School Business via admin@st-marks.cumbria.sch.uk
Records management and personal data policies, including:
· Information security policies
· Records retention destruction and archive policies
· Data protection (including information sharing and CCTV usage policies)
on request from School Business via admin@st-marks.cumbria.sch.uk
Charging regimes and policies, including statutory charging regimes and charges made for information routinely published, which clearly state what costs will be recovered, the basis on which they are made, and how they are calculated on website.
If we charge a fee for re-licensing the use of datasets, we include this in our guide to how this is calculated (please see the schedule of charges at the end on this list).
on request from School Business via admin@st-marks.cumbria.sch.uk
Class 6 – Lists and Registers
On request from the school business manager:
Cost: copying and postage
Lists and registers we currently maintain (does not include the attendance register)
Curriculum circulars and statutory instruments
Disclosure logs i.e. information provided in response to FOIA requests
Asset register and Information Asset register
Any information we are currently legally required to hold in publicly available registers
Class 7 – The services we offer
Available either on the school website: stmarksschoolnaltand.co.uk
or on request from the School Business Manager:
Cost: copying and postage (as necessary)
Current information about the services we offer, including leaflets, guidance and newsletters produced for the public and businesses.
Extra-curricular activities
Out of school clubs
Services for which the school is entitled to recover a fee, together with those fees
School publications, leaflets, books, and newsletters
Charges:
Photocopying (black and white): 1 pence per sheet
Photocopying (colour): 6 pence per sheet
Postage: Royal Mail standard second class