7th Floor, Merton House, Stanley Road, , L20 3UU.

Date: 20th May 2014 Sam Lucas [mailto:request-208399- Our Ref: FOI 1759/187/CL [email protected]] Your Ref:

Please contact: Catherine Larkin Contact Number: 0151 934 3286 Fax No: 0151 934 3755 Email: [email protected]

Dear Ms Lucas

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

I write with reference to your recent Freedom of Information request. Please see below a copy of the questions you asked (in Italic) and the respective responses:-

I would like to make a request under the freedom of information act to obtain information regarding school cluster groups and/or federations of schools within the local authority. I would like the following information please:

Number of clusters and or federations in the authority. Which schools are in each cluster/federation.

Please see the table below which provides details of the schools and the respective cluster/federation.

Learning Learning Learning School Partnership Partnership Partnership Learning CE Partnership Davenhill CP MADCOS All Saints Catholic South Sefton Bedford CP Partnership CORE Southport Learning CP Partnership Southport Stanley & Bishop David Learning North Sheppard CE Partnership Southport Christ South Sefton CE Partnership

Southport Stanley & Churchtown Learning North CP Partnership Southport CORE English Martyrs South Sefton Catholic Partnership CORE Southport Farnborough Learning Road Inf Partnership Southport Farnborough Learning Road Jun Partnership Forefield Inf CAPITAL Forefield Jun CP South Sefton Grange CP Partnership Great Crosby Catholic CAPITAL Green CP MADCOS South Sefton Hatton Hill CP Partnership HORIZON Southport Holy Family Learning Catholic Partnership Holy Rosary Catholic MADCOS Holy Spirit South Sefton Catholic Partnership Southport Stanley & Holy Trinity Learning North CE (S) Partnership Southport Hudson CP MADCOS Southport Woods Learning CP Partnership CORE Southport Kings Learning Meadow CP Partnership Lander Road South Sefton CP Partnership Southport Stanley & Learning North Larkfield CP Partnership Southport South Sefton CP Partnership Southport Learning Linaker CP Partnership Moss CP HORIZON CP MADCOS

Southport Stanley & Learning North Marshside CP Partnership Southport Melling CP MADCOS Netherton Moss CP HORIZON Northway CP MADCOS Southport Learning CP Partnership OLO Compassion Catholic CORE Southport OLO Lourdes Learning Catholic Partnership OLO Walsingham South Sefton Catholic Partnership OL Queen of Peace South Sefton Catholic Partnership OL Star of the South Sefton Sea Catholic Partnership Redgate CP Forthright Rimrose Hope South Sefton CE Partnership HORIZON St Andrew’s CE MADCOS St Benedict’s South Sefton Catholic Partnership St Edmund’s & St Thomas’ Catholic CAPITAL St Elizabeth’s Catholic South Sefton Primary Partnership St George’s Catholic MADCOS St Gregory’s Catholic Primary MADCOS St Jerome’s Catholic Forthright St John’s CE (W/loo) CAPITAL Southport Stanley & St John’s Learning North CE Partnership Southport St John Bosco Catholic MADCOS St Luke’s CE (F) Forthright St Luke’s Halsall CE CAPITAL

St Mary’s Catholic CAPITAL St Monica’s South Sefton Catholic Partnership St Nicholas’s CE CAPITAL St Oswald’s CE HORIZON Southport Stanley & St Patrick’s Learning North Catholic Partnership Southport Springwell South Sefton Park Partnership CORE Trinity St Peter’s CE Forthright St Philip’s CE South Sefton (L) Partnership HORIZON Southport St Philip’s CE Learning (S) Partnership St Robert Bellarmine South Sefton Catholic Partnership Southport St Teresa’s Learning Catholic Inf Partnership St Thomas’s CE MADCOS St William of York Catholic CAPITAL Southport Learning Shoreside CP Partnership Summerhill CP MADCOS Thomas Gray South Sefton CP Partnership Ursuline Catholic CAPITAL Valewood CP CAPITAL Waterloo CP CAPITAL Woodlands CP Forthright South Sefton Partnership HORIZON Southport Stanley & Learning North Crossens Partnership Southport South Sefton Greenacre Partnership HORIZON South Sefton Sand Dunes Partnership CAPITAL HORIZON Crosby High School CAPITAL

Southport Learning Merefield Partnership Newfield CAPITAL Southport Stanley & Learning North Presfield Partnership Southport Rowan Park Birkdale Chesterfield CAPITAL Southport Christ the Learning King Catholic Partnership Deyes MADCOS Forthright Southport Learning Greenbank Partnership Hillside Holy Family Catholic CAPITAL Litherland HORIZON MADCOS Maricourt Catholic MADCOS Southport Learning Cop Partnership Range Forthright Sacred Heart Catholic CAPITAL Savio Salesian College St Ambrose Barlow Catholic St Michael’s CAPITAL Southport Stanley & Learning North Stanley Partnership Southport

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The name, number and email of the cluster or federation lead and the name of the school in which they work.

We do not hold the name and contact details of the lead for each cluster nor the school in which they work.

Section 17 (7) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act states that public authorities must provide applicants with particulars of how they may complain about the handling of their request for information should they wish to. Any such complaint should be directed to the Data & Information

Management, Governance and Security Officer, 7th Floor, Merton House, Stanley Road, Bootle, L20 3UU. Should you choose to request a review of the decision taken and are dissatisfied following the authority’s review, you are entitled under section 17 (7) (b) of the Act to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision notice.

Further information can be found at:-

Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113 www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Catherine Larkin Data & Information Management, Operational Performance Officer