FOI release

Surplus or deficits of local authority-maintained schools

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2023/01936

Published 5 December 2023

Request

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information held by your local authority on its schools.

Specifically, I would like to be sent:

* A table showing all the local authority-maintained schools the council currently has (accompanied with URNs) and the size of their surplus or deficit.

* A table showing all the times the council has had to take on a school's deficit after it opened as a sponsored academy. I would like the table to include the names of the schools (as well as their URNs), the size of the deficit, the year in which it became an academy and whether the council has paid off the deficit.

Response

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information held by your local authority on its schools.

Specifically, I would like to be sent:

* A table showing all the local authority-maintained schools the council currently has (accompanied with URNs) and the size of their surplus or deficit.

Please see the attached FOI2023 01936 Response Spreadsheet with the list showing all the local authority-maintained schools Herefordshire Council currently has.

Please note, the school URNs are publically available on the gov.uk website, and all school balances for 2022-23 are published by the Department of Education on the school benchmarking site.

The school URNs can be viewed via the following link: Search results for '' - GOV.UK (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk)

(https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Search?tok=8UJ2JvPg)

The school benchmarking site can be viewed via the following link: Schools in Herefordshire - Schools Financial Benchmarking - GOV.UK (schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk)

(https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/SchoolSearch/Search?schooltype=Community%20school&schooltype=Community%20special%20school&schooltype=Foundation%20school&schooltype=Voluntary%20aided%20school&schooltype=Voluntary%20controlled%20school&nameId=&searchtype=search-by-la-code-name&LocationCoordinates=&locationorpostcode=&lacodename=884&orderby=&openOnly=true&selectionState=0%2C0%2C0%2C0)

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

* A table showing all the times the council has had to take on a school's deficit after it opened as a sponsored academy. I would like the table to include the names of the schools (as well as their URNs), the size of the deficit, the year in which it became an academy and whether the council has paid off the deficit.

None - Herefordshire Council has not had to take on a school's deficit after it opened as a sponsored academy.

Documents

• FOI2023 01936 Response Spreadsheet.csv (1.9 KB)

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