Ballakermeen High School Budget

Summary

A student requested Ballakermeen High School's budget breakdown and specific staff salaries for the past four academic years. The Department of Education provided general budget data and teacher pay scales but withheld individual salary information due to data protection exemptions.

Key Facts

• The request was received on 2019-10-18 and responded to on 2019-11-15.
• Average spending per pupil at the year group level is not held by the Department or the school.
• Individual salary data for the Head Teacher, senior leadership team, and heads of departments was withheld.
• The withheld salary information was deemed absolutely exempt under section 25(2)(a) and (b)(i) of the Act.
• General Teachers' pay scales and Leadership pay scales for 2016-2019 were provided instead of specific salaries.

Data Disclosed

• 2019-10-18
• 2019-11-15
• 1010545
• 4 academic years
• 2016 – 2019
• section 25 (2) (a) and (b) (i)
• Data Protection Act 2002

Exemptions Cited

• Section 25(2)(a) and (b)(i) of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information)
• Data Protection Act 2002 (lawfulness, fairness and transparency principles)

Original Request

As a student at Ballakermeen sixth form, I'm interested in knowing what the schools budget has been like for the past 4 academic years if possible, with a breakdown of the budget per department in the school and what the salaries staff at the school holding certain roles is, pre and post tax if possible On the point of whether the FOI request refers directly to Ballakermeen High School, yes it does. To elaborate on what I mean by 'what the schools budget has been like', statistics like total expenditure and income of the school, average spending per pupil within each year group and the school as a whole and the budget allocation per department within the school, all for the past 4 academic years if possible. The staff salaries that I am requesting are for roles like the headteacher, members of the senior leadership team and heads of departments adn if there has been any pay rises or reductions in these salaries, also for the past 4 academic years if possible.

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Full Response Text

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im Our ref: 1010545 15 November 2019

Dear ###,

We write further to your request which was received on 18 October 2019 and which states:

"As a student at Ballakermeen sixth form, I'm interested in knowing what the schools budget has been like for the past 4 academic years if possible, with a breakdown of the budget per department in the school and what the salaries staff at the school holding certain roles is, pre and post-tax if possible. In order to identify and locate the information that you asked for, we needed to clarify if the request is referring to Ballakermeen High School, what is meant by 'what the schools budget has been like' and which staff salaries are being requested. You advised: On the point of whether the FOI request refers directly to Ballakermeen High School, yes it does. To elaborate on what I mean by 'what the schools budget has been like', statistics like total expenditure and income of the school, average spending per pupil within each year group and the school as a whole and the budget allocation per department within the school, all for the past 4 academic years if possible. The staff salaries that I am requesting are for roles like the Head Teacher, members of the senior leadership team and heads of departments and if there has been any pay rises or reductions in these salaries, also for the past 4 academic years if possible." Our response to your request is as follows: Ballakermeen High School Budget While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested. This is because the average spend per pupil is not held by either the Department or the school at each year group level. I have however enclosed the information that is held for the last 4 complete academic years.

Ballakermeen High School Salaries While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because it is absolutely exempt under section 25 (2) (a) and (b) (i) of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information). In essence, as the salary data is being sought for a relatively small group we consider that this would make identification of personal salary data possible, which would contravene at least one of data protection principles. The reasons why that exemption applies is that: • It constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject; and • In a case where the information falls within any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of the definition of “data” in section 1(1) of the Data Protection Act 2002, the disclosure of the information to a member of the public (otherwise than under this Act) would contravene any of the data protection principles – specifically lawfulness, fairness and transparency. However by way of advice and assistance I have enclosed information which details Teachers’ pay scales, which includes Leadership pay scales for the period 2016 – 2019 inclusive. Please note the pay scales for Heads of Departments are varied. This is because the Heads of Departments may receive a TLR (Teaching and Learning Responsibility) payment in addition to the teacher pay scales. Please quote the reference number 1010545 in any future communications.

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If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
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form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Coordinator

Ballakermeen High School Budget Information - Summary Description 2015/16 Budget 2016/17 Budget 2017/18 Budget 2018/19 Budget Grand Total 6,663,700.00 7,137,000.00 7,481,400.00 7,697,264.00 'Budget' per pupil £4,554.82 £4,758.00 £4,589.82 £4,634.11 Income Lettings 31,000.00 31,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 Meals Paid - - 349,000.00 365,000.00 Free Meals Reclaim - - 78,500.00 84,370.00 Expenditure by Department* Travel & Tourism 5,000.00 - - - Media Studies 860.00 - 995.00 1,614.00 Photography - Basics - - 2,471.00 Art - Basics 5,197.00 5,197.00 4,180.00 8,583.00 English-Basics 6,803.00 7,663.00 8,199.00 7,564.00 Geography-Basics 2,420.00 2,420.00 3,300.00 3,674.00 History -Basics 2,980.00 2,980.00 3,359.00 3,763.00 Information Technology-Basics 4,577.00 4,577.00 3,805.00 3,666.00 French-Basics 3,265.00 3,265.00 3,761.00 3,961.00 Mathematics-Basics 6,662.00 6,662.00 7,359.00 7,148.00 Music - Basics - - 1,139.00 - Physical Education-Basics 3,991.00 3,991.00 4,252.00 5,035.00 Religious Education-Basics 1,543.00 1,543.00 1,480.00 1,559.00 General Studies 1,068.00 1,006.00 1,187.00 214.00 Science Basics 18,734.00 18,734.00 19,939.00 18,804.00 Design Technology-Basics 8,075.00 8,075.00 8,319.00 9,439.00 Social Science/Business Studies 3,915.00 3,915.00 3,570.00 4,065.00 Politics 292.00 292.00 618.00 554.00 Drama - Basics - - 1,688.00 - Studio Theatre Exps - - 2,000.00 - Sixth Form 1,000.00 1,000.00 600.00 - *** Expenditure by department does not include all costs such as operating costs, salaries, school meal costs, etc. ** 'Budget' per pupil is calculated by dividing the total budget by the total number of pupils. This does not include spending from other divisions including special needs, Education Improvement Services and other central services. 2016/17 Budget - Due to staff changes and as part of the transition and training period the majority figures remained the same as the 2015/16 budget.

TEACHERS PAY SCALE 1 Sept 2017 1 September 2017 - 1% increase 1 September 2017 - 2% increase M1 to M6 01-Sep-16 01-Sep-17 M 01-Sep-16 01-Sep-17 1 38,984 39,374 1 22,466 22,917 2 39,959 40,360 2 24,242 24,728 3 40,957 41,368 3 26,191 26,716 4 41,978 42,398 4 28,206 28,772 5 43,023 43,454 5 30,429 31,039 6 44,102 44,544 6 32,834 33,824 7 45,289 45,743 8 46,335 46,799 9 47,491 47,967 10 48,710 49,199 01-Sep-16 01-Sep-17 11 49,976 50,476 1 35,570 35,927 12 51,126 51,639 2 36,888 37,258 13 52,405 52,930 3 38,250 38,633 14 53,711 54,250 15 55,048 55,600 16 56,511 57,077 17 57,809 58,389 01-Sep-16 01-Sep-17 18 59,264 59,857 1a 7,621 7,697 19 60,733 61,341 1b 9,379 9,473 20 62,239 62,863 1c 11,136 11,247 21 63,778 64,417 1d 12,898 13,027 22 65,362 66,017 2a 2,639 2,665 23 66,981 67,652 2b 4,545 4,590 24 68,643 69,330 2c 6,450 6,515 25 70,348 71,053 3 min 522 527 26 72,088 72,810 3 max 2,602 2,628 27 73,875 74,615 28 75,708 76,466 29 77,582 78,359 30 79,513 80,310 01-Sep-16 01-Sep-17 31 81,477 82,293 1 2,085 2,106 32 83,503 84,339 2 4,116 4,157 33 85,578 86,435 34 87,693 88,571 35 89,874 90,773 36 92,099 93,020 01-Sep-16 01-Sep-17 37 94,389 95,333 1 16,461 16,626 38 96,724 97,692 2 18,376 18,560 39 99,081 100,072 3 20,289 20,492 40 101,553 102,570 4 22,203 22,427 41 104,091 105,132 5 24,120 24,362 42 106,698 107,766 6 26,034 26,295 43 109,365 110,459 LEADERSHIP UNQUALIFIED TEACHERS UPPER PAY SPINE TLR SEN

TEACHERS PAY SCALE 1 Sept 2018 1 September 2018 - 3.5% increase Mainscale & Unqualified 1 September 2018 - 2% increase Upper pay spine and allowances 1 September 2018 - 1.5% increase Leadership 01-Sep-17 01-Sep-18 01-Sep-17 01-Sep-18 1 39,374 39,965 1 22,917 23,720 2 40,360 40,966 2 24,728 25,594 3 41,368 41,989 3 26,716 27,652 4 42,398 43,034 4 28,772 29,780 5 43,454 44,106 5 31,039 32,126 6 44,544 45,213 6 33,824 35,008 7 45,743 46,430 8 46,799 47,501 9 47,967 48,687 10 49,199 49,937 01-Sep-17 01-Sep-18 11 50,476 51,234 1 35,927 36,646 12 51,639 52,414 2 37,258 38,004 13 52,930 53,724 3 38,633 39,406 14 54,250 55,064 15 55,600 56,434 16 57,077 57,934 17 58,389 59,265 01-Sep-17 01-Sep-18 18 59,857 60,755 1a 7,697 7,853 19 61,341 62,262 1b 9,473 9,662 20 62,863 63,806 1c 11,247 11,472 21 64,417 65,384 1d 13,027 13,288 22 66,017 67,008 2a 2,665 2,721 23 67,652 68,667 2b 4,590 4,682 24 69,330 70,370 2c 6,515 6,646 25 71,053 72,119 3 min 527 540 26 72,810 73,903 3 max 2,628 2,683 27 74,615 75,735 28 76,466 77,613 29 78,359 79,535 30 80,310 81,515 01-Sep-17 01-Sep-18 31 82,293 83,528 1 2,106 2,149 32 84,339 85,605 2 4,157 4,242 33 86,435 87,732 34 88,571 89,900 35 90,773 92,135 36 93,020 94,416 01-Sep-17 01-Sep-18 37 95,333 96,763 1 16,626 17,208 38 97,692 99,158 2 18,560 19,210 39 100,072 101,574 3 20,492 21,210 40 102,570 104,109 4 22,427 23,212 41 105,132 106,709 5 24,362 25,215 42 107,766 109,383 6 26,295 27,216 43 110,459 111,007 LEADERSHIP UNQUALIFIED SEN TLR UPPER PAY SPINE TEACHERS

TEACHERS PAY SCALE 1 Sept 2019 1 September 2019 - 2.75% increase all ranges and allowances 01-Sep-18 01-Sep-19 01-Sep-18 01-Sep-19 1 39,965 41,065 1 23,720 24,373 2 40,966 42,093 2 25,594 26,298 3 41,989 43,144 3 27,652 28,413 4 43,034 44,218 4 29,780 30,599 5 44,106 45,319 5 32,126 33,010 6 45,213 46,457 6 35,008 35,971 7 46,430 47,707 8 47,501 48,808 9 48,687 50,026 10 49,937 51,311 01-Sep-18 01-Sep-19 11 51,234 52,643 1 36,646 37,654 12 52,414 53,856 2 38,004 39,050 13 53,724 55,202 3 39,406 40,490 14 55,064 56,579 15 56,434 57,986 16 57,934 59,528 17 59,265 60,895 01-Sep-18 01-Sep-19 18 60,755 62,426 1a 7,853 8,069 19 62,262 63,975 1b 9,662 9,928 20 63,806 65,561 1c 11,472 11,787 21 65,384 67,183 1d 13,288 13,654 22 67,008 68,851 2a 2,721 2,796 23 68,667 70,556 2b 4,682 4,811 24 70,370 72,306 2c 6,646 6,829 25 72,119 74,103 3 min 540 555 26 73,903 75,936 3 max 2,683 2,757 27 75,735 77,818 28 77,613 79,748 29 79,535 81,723 30 81,515 83,757 01-Sep-18 01-Sep-19 31 83,528 85,826 1 2,149 2,209 32 85,605 87,960 2 4,242 4,359 33 87,732 90,145 34 89,900 92,373 35 92,135 94,669 36 94,416 97,013 01-Sep-18 01-Sep-19 37 96,763 99,424 1 17,208 17,682 38 99,158 101,885 2 19,210 19,739 39 101,574 104,368 3 21,210 21,794 40 104,109 106,972 4 23,212 23,851 41 106,709 109,644 5 25,215 25,909 42 109,383 112,392 6 27,216 27,965 43 111,007 114,060 UNQUALIFIED TEACHERS LEADERSHIP UPPER PAY SPINE TLR SEN