FOI Request - Review of 101003796583 Inter-Authority Teacher Transfers

Request 101003824664

Review of 101003796583 Inter-Authority Teacher Transfers

Dear Information Governance Manager and Data Protection Officer,

Thank you for your response to my FOI request regarding teacher transfers between local authorities.

I would like to request a formal review of your response on the following grounds:

While your reply states that the council does not retain or record records of previous employers for teachers, this appears inconsistent with operational and statutory requirements. Specifically:
1. Salary placement and continuity of service under SNCT agreements require knowledge of a teacher's prior employment with another local authority in order to:
o Apply correct salary point (including pay protection)
o Honour accrued entitlements such as leave, sick pay, and pensions
2. Payroll, HR, or onboarding systems must, by necessity, process and reference previous service data (e.g. via SPPA pension transfers, payroll entry point, or service continuity). While this data may not be stored in a field explicitly labelled “previous employer,” it must be available for determining pay and entitlements — and should therefore be accessible under FOISA.
3. Other Scottish local authorities have provided this data or confirmed its availability in similar FOI requests — including joiner/leaver movements by month and origin LA — which demonstrates both feasibility and precedent.

I therefore request that the council re-examine this request on the basis that the information:
• Is held by the authority, even if not in a dedicated “previous employer” field
• Is used in decision-making regarding teacher pay
• Is retrievable from systems used to manage staffing and payroll

Rate this Page