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D'edecieion dated 2El0S to enter theagrcement I1l lnto underwhlchSF wiltestabilsh and rnaintaln ('thedeclelon"). BFS Ci. Rerponrc thoproporcd to clrln

!ntroduction Fteeding, ss a -whole, LEC therewouldappesr be two lgguss to eboutwhichC hae "subgtantial conGms": Consultation whether lawfully sF consldersd consultetion rgeponsss AA,e,10, under (2) lmosct aeeeesmont whether conducted End D a fair lawful impact asseeement M, e.g. under Dtwltl contegt cteims the rnade under heade. both l,Splrgultation l5cue Vl/lthout crltlclgm the corrsuttEtion ol exrciee iteetf, appearc C ryt@lnp anyepeclflc to complain D felled that to.ens.ure therequhement* that ofAA,'e,t0 vnere bygF (LBC, m6t p.Z, eoc'4) and.lt aeke (a)detalle howandbywhom sxeroicE undirtardn (U) for of thic wac an'O tl"re underlylng (LBC, sec,6a). documents p.2, SFundertook coneultatlon lte exerclse JanuaryFebruary onthebssis theFree In / 2012 of school Model Fundlng Agreement wasin prace thst etni[ti'militrie veraion iincJu"en 1'',, updated ooours Ee fromtlme to tlme ln accordance departmentaf wlth piaciioey" anA ,,prop'oeid submlttcddetsiled a consultation to D in March report 2012, The'report Blccbe Frce,,Scho.ol" Appendlces avallable plue are online nttpvnnrrw.b'eccleefr#tifroor,org,uk et and[t wlllbe seen thefollowlng consulted a varlety mcans: that were hy of scC itfreuoar authorlty)' head local teachere, locsl (Feter the MP Aldduu) ticstreeidente, aleo ana lt wiif be seen SFcomrniseioned thst s specialiet praject managambnt company, lttatOonlfO Mott f-tO (u'a Cambrldge Educatlon), to carry theixrrciroari'd out compile riportonjtsbohalf. ttie D hsdn0concarns th over adequacy thiaconsultatlon of exerclee hehaenoreacon and t0 thlnk thecontents thereport that ,,r,ere garofully of not conUOercOSF(LBC, f rcrorri. p, Uy Irn oqct lp1+uq.jL assessment ntthatD dldnotmeet requlrements the ofAA, rat it wpgnotconeulted allthemateriel abqut rvidenc thecurriculurn about options will that re curiculum BFS imptemantEd; (b) ere Ht Hnd numbere reduce C andcauee reducflon at a ln (LBC, p,1). tions C _also requeete copy f, e,9lmpact asseeement, detalle the crlteila of applled, the evidence coneidered .otJlf against those criteria theoonciusions and roached an,iipi"nluqn and "2(1)

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[]ieoloeure In the event, materiele the availeble online reletion sF'e e.10coneultailon in to (Bee exerclee Hbove) should maetc'e requegt dleclosurq connecilon Ieeuer. for ln #n dlnclosure eought In connection iseue C'a with 2, requeet diecloeure oteprdporilonate e*p"oLti*r",, for lei flehlng C]'sletterdeted30/05/12 by for it^belngproceesed D ae a requeet lnformaflon underthe qf Eleyond thl*, thcre lr no juetlficdtion lhe wholee.ale for pre-ecfion

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Plhlllppe Harvoy For the TremurySollcltqr

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