The subject headings below link to the full request details along with the council's response.
3 Questions relating to Home Education
Please could you tell me the amount spent on home education services for the academic year 2011-12. I would be grateful if you could itemise staff costs, administrative/secretarial support costs, and also the total spend on provision of services for home educated children and young people....
4 Questions with sub-sections about incidents of violence against primary school and secondary school teachers by pupils in the local area....
7 questions in relation to build of local schools
1) Please provide the names of the three most oversubscribed state secondary schools in your local authority area. In relation to each school, please provide information on:
i. The number of places available for Year 7 pupils at the start of the current academic year (2012/13).
ii. The number of...
4 questions in relation to Media and Performing Arts Areas....
My question is in relation to instances where an independent school has been named in a finalised and agreed Statement of Special Educational Needs (in Part 4).
Please confirm the current number of instances where the Parents pay the "regular" termly fees and the Authority pays the remainder of the...
I am wondering if you can tell me if you are aware of any incidents of inappropriate behavior between a teacher and an under-age pupil of a sexual or non-sexual nature in any of your schools in the past three years and, if so, can you provide details and say...
How many schools, which are covered by the council, are known - or are believed to - have asbestos in?
For each school, please state the name of the school and state the number of pupils currently attending....
Number of cluster's and or federations in the authority.Which schools are in each cluster/federation.The name of the cluster or federation lead and the name of the
school in which they work....
How many complaints have you received alleging an inappropriate relationship between members of school and college staff and pupils for each of the years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12?
How many members of staff were investigated during each of those years?
How many members of staff were disciplined for having an inappropriate relationship...
3 questions in relation to Campion RC School
1) The number of young people of compulsory school age in Thurrock who have been withdrawn from mainstream schooling in order to pursue home education during the past three school years (if you would provide numbers for each year, that would be really helpful).
2) The number of those students who...
4 questions in relation to schools and worshiping
5 questions regarding hot meals in schools around the local area....
9 Questions relating to admissions to schools in Chafford Hundred...
I would like to request data on key stage 4 education achievement in 2010 and 2011, broken down by gender and the extended ethnicity codes used in Thurrock. Specifically I would like data on the percentage of children gaining 5 A*-C grades at GCSE (including maths and English) broken down...
1) Actual spend by the Council on the provision of support for dyslexic school pupils (with or without statements) in the financial years 2009/10 and 2010/11, including staffing and all other expenditure.
2) Projected or budgeted council spending on the provision...
In the last financial year 2010/2011 please provide me with the number of settlements and the total amount paid as compensation to teachers or teaching assistants for injuries sustained at schools or outside schools, while in the course of their employment for the council. For each incident please provide...
I am writing to request information under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000 relating to the number of schools sued by parents over the past five years. If possible could you separate the figures into each year. I would like to know:
1. The number of cases?
2. The general reasons for...
1. Does the LA have an ICT support team for eLearning, management information & similar systems running within your schools.
2. What is this team called?
3. How many are employed for the team?
4. Who heads the team and what are his/her contact details (mail, telephone and email)?
5....
For the ongoing Primary School Admissions 2011-12:
1.) How many 1st preference requests were there for Warren Primary School
2) How many 1st choices for Warren Primary School were not successful
3 (Two part question) Among those who were offered a place, what is the maximum distance in metres from the school to...
Eight questions concerning children not in school or a pupil referral unit, but taught through alternative provision.
1) How many children under 16 are educated by the local authority, but not in school or a pupil referral unit? What form does this alternative provision take - for example home tutors,...
Could you let me know the number of racist incidence reports from September 2009 to August 2010 for Primary; Secondary and Special schools....
Total number of boys and girls in Catholic maintained Schools in Thurrock.
Boys and girls at each age in each category of school.
The numbers of full time men and women teachers in each type of school....
Thirteen questions relating to NQT induction process
1) With regard to having in place and following a transparent, fair and
proper process in dealing with NQTs Induction, do you consider yourselves as a reasonable LEA or/and employer?
2) As a prudent and reasonable LEA would you make a fail or pass decision...
Please tell me how many allegations of sexual assault were recorded by your schools in (a) 2009 and (b) so far in 2010, in the following school age groups. Please provide an *overall total* and a breakdown by *age group*:
(i) Reception year,
(ii) Year One,
(iii) Year Two,
(iv) Year Three,
(v) Year Four,
(vi)...
1. Has your authority ever found a member of the BNP or any other political Party guilty of a disciplinary offence related to their Party membership in the last three years? If so please give information as to when and how many.
2. Has any parent complained to you regarding the...
Four questions relating to under and over subscribed primary and secondary schools for September 2008....
1. What is the total annual figure spent on education by the council (most recent figures)?
2. What is the total annual amount spent on supply teachers by the council (the most recent figures)?
3. How does the cost of supply teachers compare to 10 years ago (or the nearest year available...
I would like details of exclusions within the Council's mainstream secondary schools. I would like to know the number of authorised permanent and fixed-term exclusions for 2002/3 and 2003/4....
How many parents applying to primary schools for their children in 2007 got their first preference school, and what percentage that was of the total?...
How many parents applying to secondary schools in 2007 got their first preference? What percentage was that of the total applying?...
1a. Provide the number of primary/infants school admission appeals lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to their preferred schools in 2006/07.
1b. What was the number of appeals that were heard?
1c. What proportion of the appeals went in the parents' favour?
2a. Provide the number of secondary school admission appeals...
1) Number of violent incidents in schools, broken down into gender, age and nature of incident. A violent incident is defined as an occasion in which any pupil or employee of a school was physically assaulted by a school pupil, with or without a weapon. Also indicate whether the incident...
What is the Council's policy/guidance/advice on the wearing of hijab/jilbab (Islamic dress) in schools?...
How many working days lost to the Authority due to teachers being absent from work due to stress, anxiety or depression?...
Request 1:
A copy of the mechanism the authority has in place for the control of surplus school balances, as required by the Secretary of State's directed revisions to local schemes for financing schools, as notified in October 2006?
Request 2:
A copy of any mechanism the authority has in place under its...
1. Number of children living in Chafford Hundred applying to Chafford Hundred Schools?
2. Number of children who live on Chafford Hundred who are then unsuccessful?
3. Number of children who go through the appeal process and who also win their appeal?...
How many and what proportion of secondary schools in the LEA were oversubscribed in the following years of entry (Sept entry, Yr 7 intake)2000,06,07,08. How oversubscribed was the most oversubscribed school?...
1. What additional human and other resources have been allocated to the school?
2. What considerations have been given to fire, health and safety in the following domains:
a)Play facilities
b)Lunch facilities
c)Overall facilities
3. What consideration have been given to specialist facilities in the following domains:
a)IT facilities
b)After school groups and events
4. What consideration was...
1. At the end of the current academic year (July 2007) how many children of secondary school age were not registered as pupils at schools? What is this figure as a percentage of all secondary school age children within your authority? Provide a list showing the number of pupils who...
1. How are the catchment areas for Warren Primary School, Tudor Court Primary and Chafford Hundred primary drawn up?
2. What are the catchment areas for all three schools, please include a map or list the names of streets within each catchment area.
3. When were the catchment areas for all three...
Request for a list of funded projects that were announced as per the article in the Community Focus page of the Thurrock Gazette on March 9th 2007. In addition, what if any of the £20,000 allocated to the Youth Representative from Chafford Hundred was spent on?...
How many teachers and school staff have been suspended?...
1. Number of 'Failure to Educate' or 'Suffering associated with bullying' claims for 2006 calendar year ?
2. Compensation payments for 'Failure to Educate' claims for the period January 06 to Dec 06?
3. The amount paid out on failure to educate claims for the period January 2000 to Dec 05?...
What is the total spend of interpreters and publications in foreign languages?...
Sex Offenders and comments by Ruth Kelly: Is the Council's Education Department worried and are they going to change their own policies? Also, does the Council feel a need to take action in Thurrock schools?...
Details of school meal provision at Purfleet Primary School....
Gateway Community College:
When will building works begin?
Has anyone been chosen to build it, if not, how will the Council decide on a company?...
1) How many schools in each category - Primary and Secondary - are closing
and why? (i.e. surplus places, old buildings etc).
2) How many schools in each category are amalgamating and why? How many
empty buildings does this leave?
3) How many new schools in each category are opening and why?...
Details of plans for the Centre of Excellence to open in Grays for children with Special Educational Needs....
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