Meadowfield School

The complainant has requested information relating to safeguarding at Meadowfield School. The School refused to comply with the request under section 14(1) (vexatious requests) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the request was vexatious and therefore the School was entitled to rely upon section 14(1) to refuse it. However, the School has breached section 17(5) (refusal of request) in failing to issue a refusal notice in response to the request within 20 working days. The Commissioner does not require any further steps to be taken to ensure compliance with the legislation.