Scoill yn Jubilee- numbers of EAL and SEN pupils

Summary

The request sought detailed statistics on EAL and SEN pupils, staffing, and budgets for Scoill yn Jubilee, resulting in partial disclosure of current roll numbers, staffing levels, and specific budget figures while some data was withheld or redirected to public sources.

Key Facts

• The total school roll as of 2nd April 2025 is 315 pupils.
• The school employs 17 support staff (7 Senior and 10 Education Support Officers) with a full-time equivalent of 9.16.
• The SEN Support Budget for 2024/25 is £245,184, while the specific EAL budget for the school is listed as 0.
• The Department holds a central EAL budget of £353,786 for 2024/25.
• Information on specific nationalities was not provided as it would require creating new data, though an appendix was referenced.

Data Disclosed

• 315
• 2nd April 2025
• September 2024
• 7
• 10
• 17
• 9.16
• £245,184
• 0
• £353,786
• 2024/25

Exemptions Cited

• Section 20 of the Act (information already reasonably accessible)
• Requirement to create or derive information (not required under the Act)

Original Request

Please provide information on number of children with either English as Additional Language or Special Educational Needs on the school roll as at September 2024 and the most recently available data in 2025. details of the total school roll, number per year and class sizes as at September 2024 and most recently available 2025 data. How many new joiners since September 2024 had EAL/SEN or both details of the EAL different nationalities that the school currently supports (number of pupils of each nationality - where this is less than 3 can the information be grouped by region eg Other European, Other Middle East etc) number of dedicated Scoill yn Jubilee and SEN teachers and other assistants and their hours per week and how many per pupil with these needs. Details of any DESC additional EAL and SEN direct support provided including number of staff and their hours per week. Annual budget allocated for EAL and SEN support Information about any concerns raised by the Head or school staff with DESC concerning ability to support EAL or SEN pupils adequately

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Policy, Strategy and Governance Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Thie Slieau Whallian Foxdale Road St Johns IM4 3AS

Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im

Our ref: 4526089 16th April 2025

Dear ###,

We write further to your request, received 19 March 2025, which states:

"Please provide

information on number of children with either English as Additional Language or Special Educational Needs on the school roll as at September 2024 and the most recently available data in 2025.

details of the total school roll, number per year and class sizes as at September 2024 and most recently available 2025 data.

How many new joiners since September 2024 had EAL/SEN or both

details of the EAL different nationalities that the school currently supports (number of pupils of each nationality - where this is less than 3 can the information be grouped by region eg Other European, Other Middle East etc)

number of dedicated Scoill yn Jubilee and SEN teachers and other assistants and their hours per week and how many per pupil with these needs.

Details of any DESC additional EAL and SEN direct support provided including number of staff and their hours per week.

Annual budget allocated for EAL and SEN support

Information about any concerns raised by the Head or school staff with DESC concerning ability to support EAL or SEN pupils adequately"

Our response to your request is as follows:

1. Information on number of children with either English as Additional Language or Special Educational Needs on the school roll as at September 2024 and the most recently available data in 2025.

Please see appendix one for a copy of the information held.

1. Details of the total school roll, number per year and class sizes as at September 2024 and most recently available 2025 data.

September 2024

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, under section 20 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you, whether free of charge or on payment of a fee.

By way of advice and assistance school roll data is published annually by the Department and is available to view via the following weblink –

www.gov.im/media/1386790/school-roll-data-september-2024.pdf

Current data as at 2nd April 2025

Number on roll - 315

There are two classes for each Year group from Reception-Year 6, as follows:

Reception - 25 / 25 Year 1 - 19 / 17 Year 2 - 24 / 24 Year 3 - 21 / 22 Year 4 - 26 / 27 Year 5 - 18 / 21 Year 6 - 23 / 23

1. How many new joiners since September 2024 had EAL/SEN or both

Please see appendix one for a copy of the information held.

1. Details of the EAL different nationalities that the school currently supports (number of pupils of each nationality - where this is less than 3 can the information be grouped by region eg Other European, Other Middle East etc)

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance complying with your request for information would require the school to create or derive information from information that it holds. Which the Department is not required to do under the Act. By way of advice and assistance please see appendix one for a copy of the information held.

1. Number of dedicated Scoill Yn Jubilee School EAL and SEN teachers and other assistants and their hours per week and how many per pupil with these needs.

Scoill Yn Jubilee have 7 Senior Education Support Officers and ten Education Support Officers to support all children within the school. The full time equivalent for the 17 members of staff is 9.16.

1. Details of any DESC additional EAL and SEN direct support provided including number of staff and their hours per week.

The Department of Education, Sport and Culture provide an EAL teacher who is based at Scoill Yn Jubilee.

1. Annual budget allocated for EAL and SEN support for Scoill Yn Jubilee

EAL Budget 2024/25 SEN Support Budget 2024/25 0 £ 245,184

The EAL budget is held centrally within the Education Advice and Support Division,
the budget for EAL for 2024/25 is £353,786.

1. Information about any concerns raised by the Head or school staff with DESC concerning ability to support EAL or SEN pupils adequately

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Department of Education, Sport and Culture and Scoill Yn Jubilee Primary School do not hold the information that you have requested. s25(b)(i)&(ii) While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information included within appendix one document
because it is absolutely exempt under section 25 of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information). The reasons why that exemption applies are that: • The Department of Education, Sport and Culture is satisfied that the information amounts to personal data of which you are not the data subject; and • The Department of Education, Sport and Culture is satisfied that disclosure of the information would contravene one of the data protection principles as set out at Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation as it applies in the Isle of Man pursuant to the Data Protection (Application of GDPR) Order 2018, namely that the Department of Education, Sport and Culture can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions for lawful processing in Article 6 and in this case, none of those conditions have been met. S39 (1)(a)(b)- Qualified exempt personal information
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information in appendix one, in the instances where information relates to five or less pupils, as the Department determines that individual pupil's may be identifiable.
This information is exempt under Section 39 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Qualified exempt personal information) as it constitutes personal data of a person other than you and under section 8 of the Data Protection Act 2002 the data subject

would be entitled to prevent disclosure of the information to a member of the public otherwise than under that Act.
As Section 39 is a qualified exemption, it is subject to a public interest test. The public interest must be something that is of serious concern and benefit to the public at large.
Factors in favour of disclosing the information include:
- To promote transparency & accountability.
Factors in favour of maintaining the exemption include:
- That pupils and their parents/carers have an expectation that their child’s personal information will remain confidential. Disclosure of this information would contravene that expectation and cause an intrusion into the privacy of the data subject which may lead to some distress.
- Whilst the Freedom of Information Act 2015 promotes transparency and accountability and therefore there may be some public interest, it is not sufficient to outweigh an individual pupil’s right for this information to remain private.
In assessing the weight to be attributed to each of the factors in favour of disclosing the information and maintaining the exemption, the Department of Education, Sport and Culture has taken the following into consideration:
-The severity of the prejudice
-The age of the information
-How far disclosure would further the public interest identified above
-Whether there is any similar information the public domain and whether this affects the public interest.
In taking these factors into account the Department of Education, Sport and Culture have determined that the factors in favour of maintaining the exemption outweigh the factors in favour of disclosing the information. Out of Scope information
By way of advice and assistance some of the information within appendix one is out of scope of your request, this information has been marked in grey.
Please quote the reference number 4526089 in any future communications.

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