Government of Jersey

Appointment of senior staff in schools (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 08 March 2023.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

Since January 2017 home many new deputy headteachers were appointed that were male and female in Primary schools?

Since January 2017 home many people applied for posts for new deputy headteachers that were male and female in Primary schools?

Since January 2017 home many new deputy headteachers were appointed that were male and female in secondary schools?

Since January 2017 home many people applied for posts for new deputy headteachers that were male and female in secondary schools?

Since January 2017 home many new headteachers were appointed that were male and female in Primary schools?

Since January 2017 home many people applied for posts for a new headteacher that were male and female in Primary schools?

Since January 2017 home many new headteachers were appointed that were male and female in secondary schools?

Since January 2017 home many people applied for posts for new headteachers that were male and female in secondary schools?

Response

The data provided relates to all Government of Jersey run schools. The Government of Jersey does not hold data related to teaching staff in the island's private schools. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2022 there were 15 female and five male individuals appointed to the position of “Deputy Headteacher” in primary schools.

Application data is not stored against vacancy data centrally. It is estimated that to collate the necessary data in order to respond to this question would exceed the cost limit provisions allowed under Regulation 2(1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014. Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2022 there were fewer than five female and fewer than five male individuals appointed to the position of “Deputy Headteacher” in secondary schools. Where numbers are fewer than five, disclosure control has been applied to protect the privacy of individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2022 there were fewer than five female and fewer than five male individuals appointed to the position of “Headteacher” in primary schools. Where numbers are fewer than five, disclosure control has been applied to protect the privacy of individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2022 there were no individuals appointed to the position of “Headteacher” in secondary schools.

Articles applied

Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive

(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.

(2) Despite paragraph (1), a scheduled public authority may still supply the information requested on payment to it of a fee determined by the authority in the manner prescribed by Regulations for the purposes of this Article.

(3) Regulations may provide that, in such circumstances as the Regulations prescribe, if two or more requests for information are made to a scheduled public authority –

(a) by one person; or

(b) by different persons who appear to the scheduled public authority to be acting in concert or in pursuance of a campaign, the estimated cost of complying with any of the requests is to be taken to be the estimated total cost of complying with all of them.

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.