Freedom of Information

Publication Scheme

All public authorities, including schools, are required under the Freedom of Information Act to adopt a publication scheme that has been approved by the Information Commissioner.

There is currently one approved model publication scheme, which has been produced by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Schools must adopt the ICO’s model scheme and make it publicly available.

Please find a link to the ICO’s model scheme below

Schools in England

Schools should publish a guide to information alongside the publication scheme.

The guide should specify:

the documents available
the format of the documents
any charges made for the information

Please find our Published Guide to Information below.