Bamford Academy

The complainant has requested all the staffing policies that were in operation at the Academy on a set date. The Academy Trust originally issued no response. After the Commissioner’s intervention, it issued a Fees Notice that did not comply with the FOIA, despite the Commissioner informing it what should be included in such a notice. The Commissioner finds that the Academy Trust has failed to comply with FOIA. He finds it failed to respond in time and breached section 10(1) of the FOIA. He also finds that its Fees Notice does not comply with section 9(3) and thus cannot be relied upon. He further finds that it breached sections 16(1) and 11(3) in its handling of the request.