Students with a special diet

Summary

A request was made to the Department of Education, Sport and Culture for the number of secondary school students with coeliac disease on the Isle of Man for the 2018-19 academic year. The authority disclosed the specific counts for five secondary schools, totaling 17 students.

Key Facts

• The request covered full-time secondary school students on the Isle of Man for the 2018-19 academic year.
• Information was provided based on cases where schools had been informed of a pupil's coeliac disease.
• Ballakermeen High School, Castle Rushen High School, and Ramsey Grammar School each reported 4 students.
• St Ninian's High School reported the highest number with 5 students.
• Queen Elizabeth II High School reported 0 students with coeliac disease.

Data Disclosed

• 2018-19
• 2019-07-12
• 2019-08-07
• 882965
• 4
• 0
• 5
• 17

Original Request

For this academic school year 2018-19, how many students in full time secondary school education on the Isle of Man have coeliac disease (therefore require a gluten free meal at lunchtime)?

Data Tables (1)

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: 882965 7 August 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 12 July 2019 and which states:

"For this academic school year 2018-19, how many students in full time secondary school education on the Isle of Man have coeliac disease (therefore require a gluten free meal at lunchtime)?"

Our response to your request is as follows: The information currently held by secondary schools, where they have been informed pupils on roll have coeliac disease, is as follows: Secondary School Number of pupils with coeliac disease Ballakermeen High School 4 Castle Rushen High School 4 Queen Elizabeth II High School 0 Ramsey Grammar School 4 St Ninian’s High School 5

Please quote the reference number 882965 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Coordinator