Freedom of Information act - education, school

[Will1]

Hello, i desperatly require your help. Under the freedom of information act is it possible to demand personal information (possible fee) from a school, about myself, even though it is perhaps condsidered a goverment agency, and therefore the act would not apply?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[RATTER15]

Yes, see here!! http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/RightsAndResponsib ilities/DG_4003239

[WaldoMcFroog]

Personal information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Section 40: Personal Information.

However, the reason it is exempt is that personal information is already covered under the Data Protection Act 1998. Unlike FOI which only covers the public sector, the DPA covers absolutely any organisation which holds and processes information about you. You may be asked to pay a fee of �10 to access your information - but many places won't charge as it more than the value of the cheque to process it.

Subject to a few possible exemptions (rarely applied) and maybe redaction of third party data, you should be able to get any information that your require about yourself.

[Misha33]

I think data protection legislation is more suited. So request the information held under current data protection legislation.