Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills

The complainant has requested Ofsted to disclose information relating to the inspection of Welling School in February 2022. In relation to four elements of the request, Ofsted refused to disclose the information citing section 33(1)(b) of FOIA. For the fifth element of the request, Ofsted refused to confirm or deny whether it holds recorded information in accordance with section 33(3). The Commissioner’s decision is that Ofsted is entitled to rely on both sections 33(1)(b) and 33(3) of FOIA in this case. He therefore does not require any further action to be taken.