Under the Freedom of Information Act, all public authorities, including schools, are required to adopt a publication scheme approved by the Information Commissioner.

There is currently one approved model publication scheme produced by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Schools must adopt the ICO’s model scheme and make it publicly available.

OUR PUBLISHED GUIDE TO INFORMATION

Schools should publish a guide to information alongside the publication scheme.

The guide should specify:

• the documents available
• the format of the documents
• any charges made for the information