Dear Cambridge Primary School,

Please provide details of all international travel undertaken by Mike Pettit during his time as Principal (2008 to today) where either external funding (including for example (but not limited to) from the Ministry of Education, a not-for- profit organisation or a combination of external grants) or school funding (including but not limited to from the school board, or any special funding from the School’s budget, or other school allowances) financed all or part of the trip.

Specifically please confirm:
1. Dates of travel
2. Destination(s)
3. Stated objective, purpose, rationale of the trip.
3. Amount of funding, and a breakdown of how it was allocated/spent
4. Confirmation of any family member(s) accompanying Mike on the same trip, including details of any funding assistance which they may have benefited from
5. A copy of any report, summary or other documentation to confirm how funds were used, outcomes from the trip and value to the community.
6. Where this is on the public record for the school community, and a link to or copy of such notification.

If you can provide this faster than the maximum 20 day period, that would be much appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Sinclair

Dear Cambridge School,

By law, you were supposed to have replied to me with an answer to my Official Information request no later than 29 August 2025. I have received no response from you, which means that you are in breach of the legislation, as you have not responded back to me in time. Your response is now more than one week overdue.

It's also incredibly disappointing and concerning.

As you know, this query relates to Mr Pettit, who as Principal runs the school, so this would have been brought to his attention soon after I sent my OIA request via this website. I would have thought that he wouldn't want an organisation he is running to be in breach of the very clear requirements of the Official Information Act?

Please reply urgently, via this platform, by close of business (say 6pm latest) Monday 8th September, with the information I asked for, which is no doubt very easy to verify and put in a return email. This would be 7 working days (or 11 calendar days) past the deadline.

Failure to provide answers to these questions will lead me to take next steps, which will likely include both the Ombudsman and the media, as my only resort.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Sinclair

PS This Official Information Act request is independent of any other request I have made recently, and is the only request I have made to Cambridge School thus far.

Dear Kate

Yes, correct. This is a separate request and should be very straightforward to answer from the school's records including financial records amd board minutes.

The information is now seriously overdue, in breach of the Act, so I would expect a transparent and full response from the school swiftly please.

Please confirm by return.

Yours sincerely,

Ian Sinclair