Request:
Please provide copies of all Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) completed or drafted at the corporate or departmental level for:
1. The Langley First School and Appletree Gardens merger proposal, and
2. The repurposing of Langley for Woodlawn SEND provision.
Please include draft and final versions, comments or sign-offs from Children’s Services (Julie Firth), the Corporate Equality Team, and the Chief Executive’s Office (Jackie Laughton).
Response:
This information is exempt in answer to this request under section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, information accessible to the applicant by other means.
The reason for this is that EQIA is part of the appendix to the Cabinet Report on 22 September 2025, which is published here:
https://democracy.northtyneside.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=174&MId=158
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