Hartismere School

The complainant requested a granular breakdown of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 exam results, by subject, by grade (i.e. number of pupils achieving each grade by subject) and total entries to that subject. Hartismere School (‘the School’) argued that it did not hold the information and advised that even if it was found that it did hold the information Section 12 would apply. This provision permits a public authority to refuse to comply with a request where the estimated cost of doing so would exceed the appropriate limit. The Commissioner has found that although the information was not held in the specific format requested by the complainant the School was in possession of the raw data from which the information requested could be extracted. He therefore considers the information is held for the purposes of the FOIA. Furthermore, he has decided that section 12 of the FOIA is not engaged. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2015/0010 withdrawn.