School SAR: 300+ docs identified, only 30 disclosed — common?
Hi all, looking for general experiences/opinions on a Subject Access Request to a school in England.
A search reportedly identified around 330+ documents relating to my child/family, but only around 30 files were ultimately disclosed. The ICO later told me the school had provided an appropriate response, emphasising that SAR rights are to personal data within documents, not necessarily full documents.
I was also told many items were considered not relevant / not disclosable.
My question is: is this a common outcome with school SARs?
Have others experienced large search-result numbers being reduced substantially after review? How is “relevance” usually interpreted in practice?
Not looking to name the organisation or restart a complaint — just trying to understand whether this is standard practice or something others have also found frustrating.
Thanks