In accordance with Data Protection and UK GDPR regulations, schools must provide parents with an opportunity to opt in or out of any data sharing. In order to achieve the outcomes we do, it is essential that we work in partnership with parents, students, Governors, the Local Authority and carefully selected outside agencies. We will not give information about you to anyone outside the school without your consent unless the law and our rules permit it. However, we are required by law to pass some of your information to the Local Authority (LA) and the Department for Education (DfE)
We are the Data Controller for the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the personal data we hold is used to support teaching and learning, monitor and report on your child’s progress, provide appropriate pastoral care and assess how well your child is doing.
What information is being collected and why?
We collect emergency contact information including names, addresses, mobile numbers and email addresses from you. In order to be more environmentally-friendly, we communicate school information via email, SMS text messaging and smartphone app based push notifications.
We collect ethnicity information, special education needs, meal preferences and travel arrangements for use in the Annual School Census and Local Authority data captures.
We collect medical information and food allergy information in order to provide appropriate care within school and when on school trips or external visits.
How is data collected?
We ask for Data Collection and Consent Forms to be completed by parents. We can also receive electronic data transfers from previous or primary schools via the DfE’s Secure Access site providing previous attendance history and KS2/Target data, etc.
How will it the information be used?
We take your privacy seriously and data is only used in conjunction with providing the best possible care and education for your child. It is used to assess learning, to set up user accounts to assist with personalised learning, to facilitate home-school communication and emergency information so we can contact parents.
Who will it be shared with?
Any third party that we share your data with has been rigorously checked to ensure that they are GDPR compliant. Currently we share information with a wide range of outside providers that can be found on the Data Sharing and Consent Form on the next page.