St Edburg’s Church of England Primary School

The complainant has requested information from St. Edburg’s Primary School (“the School”) in relation to applications and admissions to the Reception year entry class in 2022. The School advised that it was withholding the information as it was “personal information”, however it did not cite a specific exemption of FOIA to withhold it. The Commissioner’s decision is that the School should have cited section 40(2) of FOIA – personal data – to withhold the information and has therefore applied the exemption himself proactively. As the School failed to provide a valid refusal notice, it has breached section 17(1) of FOIA. The Commissioner does not require any steps to be taken as a result of this decision notice.