Publication - FOI/EIR release

Education Scotland - Centre of Teaching Excellence correspondence: FOI release

Published: 14 August 2024
Topic: Education, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202300382838
Date received: 30 October 2023
Date responded: 14 November 2023

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

All communications to and from the interim chief exec of Education Scotland regarding the creation of the Centre of Teaching Excellence. This would include communication between the interim chief exec and government (ministers, officials etc) as well as communication with Education Scotland staff.

Response

Please find correspondence in scope detailed below.

Third party names have been redacted as disclosure would breach a data protection principle in Article 5(1) therefore the personal data is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA.

Email from Clare Hicks, Director for Education Reform to Gillian Hamilton, Interim Chief Executive	Appendix A
Email from Gillian Hamilton, Interim Chief Executive to all Education Scotland staff	Appendix B
Email from Gillian Hamilton, Interim Chief Executive to Non-Executive Board members	Appendix C [ATTACHMENT AT ANNEX B]

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