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UK GDPR

UK GDPR legislation focuses on the way we gather, handle, store and dispose of data on our pupils, parents, staff and alumni.  We have robust and secure systems for both our electronic and paper records.

Permissions 

As a school we are required to collect certain information in order to carry out our core functions of providing education and ensuring the wellbeing and welfare of the children. We do this on the legal basis that we are required to as an authority and therefore require no further permission to do this.  There are areas however where we do require your permission to use the information you have given us for activities other than our core functions. These include extra curricular activities, Parent Association events, Alumni events amongst others. For these additional activities we will seek your specific consent to use your information, this must be freely given, informed and unambiguous. We will send out consent requests for these various activities via Microsoft forms/letters to ensure that we meet all the above requirements and so that we are able to keep a record of when consent was given.  

Gift Aid Declarations 

As with the permissions above Gift Aid forms will be UK GDPR compliant.

Privacy Notices

We have privacy notices to explain in detail what information we will need from you, why it is needed, how it will be stored, who we share it with (if this is required) and how long it will be kept for. 

Privacy notice for governors and volunteers

Privacy notice for parent and carers

Privacy notice for staff

Privacy notice for students

Data Protection Policy

Parent Lite App

Parents have enhanced rights regarding the information held on their child. We work with SIMS who manage our pupil data to provide parents with the Parent Lite App, we are encouraging all parents to download the app.

Click here to download the parent app on google play store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.capita.sims.mobile.parentapp&hl=en_GB&gl=US

Click here to download the parent app on apple store

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/sims-parent/id1106452691

How long we keep information for 

The school has adopted a records management and retention policy.

DPO Information

Data Protection Officer:  Craig Stilwell (Judicium Consulting Limited)

Address: 72 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AE

Email: dataservices@judicium.com

Web: www.judiciumeducation.co.uk

Telephone: 0203 326 9174

 

 

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