Lisa Robinson Contact: Dawn Wilson request-96985- Tel: 01302 737319 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.doncaster.gov.uk Date: 28 December 2011 Dear Ms Robinson Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 13 December 2011 for information about schools in the Doncaster area with Cheque Book or EPA (Extended Payment Account status). Please find below Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised. 1. Please can you tell me which schools in Doncaster have Cheque Book or EPA status – names/post-codes? Yes there are a number of schools within Doncaster that operate their own bank account. At the time of writing this response, the following schools do so: - Armthorpe Tranmoor Primary School – DN3 3DB Warmsworth Primary School – DN4 9RG North Ridge Community Special School – DN6 7EF Campsmount Technology College – DN6 9AS Hall Cross School – DN1 2HY / DN4 5LU (split site school) The McAuley Catholic High School – DN3 3QF Sir Thomas Wharton Community College – DN12 1HH Mexborough School Specialist Science College – S64 9SD Hungerhill School – DN3 2JY Also, all Academies within the Doncaster area are required to operate their own bank account, though academies are independent of Local Authority control. At the current time, the following academies exist in Doncaster: - Trinity Academy – DN8 5BY Outwood Academy (Adwick) – DN6 7SF De Warenne Academy – DN12 3JY The Hayfield School – DN9 3HG Rossington All Saints Academy – DN11 0BZ Ash Hill Academy – DN7 6JH Don Valley Academy – DN5 9DD Grange Lane Infant Academy - DN11 0QY Pheasant Bank Junior Academy – DN11 0LP Doncaster Council PO Box 266, The Council House, College Road, Doncaster, DN1 3AD S:\CYPS_INFORMATION_OFFICER\All Requests\FOI\FOI Response Template Auckley School – DN9 3JN Danum Academy – DN2 5QD / DN2 6HQ (split site) Ridgewood School – DN5 7UB Rowena Infant Academy – DN12 3JY 2. Are there any plans which may see this number increase in the near future? Schools maintained by the Doncaster Council are able to request that they operate their own bank account. Schools have this choice and it is not forced upon any school. For the 2012/13 financial year a further eight schools are expected to begin operating their own bank account after requesting that they do so. The eight schools are: - St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School – DN4 0JN Dunsville Primary School – DN7 4HX Conisbrough Station Road Primary School – DN12 3DB Tickhill Estfeld Primary School – DN11 9JA Holy Family Catholic Primary School – DN7 5BL Mexborough Highwoods Primary School – S64 9ES Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School – DN5 0RP St Joseph & St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School – DN6 7QN I hope that this information is useful to you. Reviewing any decisions made: You can ask us to review any decisions made about your request. You do this by writing to Freedom of Information Manager, Council House, Floor 2, College Road, Doncaster, DN1 3DA e-mail: [email protected] You can apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision about our compliance or otherwise with the Freedom of Information legislation. Please contact the Commissioner for details on how to do this - telephone 01625 545700, address: Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Internet: http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/ Yours sincerely, Dawn Wilson Communications Officer Children and Young People’s Service Doncaster Council PO Box 266, The Council House, College Road, Doncaster, DN1 3AD S:\CYPS_INFORMATION_OFFICER\All Requests\FOI\FOI Response Template .