PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Notice May 2019
(How we use personal data of pupils, parents and staff)

The categories of information that we collect, hold and share include:

• Personal information (such as name, unique pupil number and address)
• Characteristics (such as ethnicity, language, nationality, country of birth)
• Attendance information (such as sessions attended, number of absences and absence reasons)
• Assessment information (including reports, grades, exam marks and SEN)
• Medical records
• Behaviour management including merits and pluses, and sanctions
• Safeguarding information (such as court orders and professional involvement)
• Images of pupils and staff engaging in School activities
• School trip information (including transport arrangements, medical and allergies)
• Financial information (relating the school fees and bursaries)
• Car and entry details using the parking areas
• CCTV recordings of activities in the school grounds

Why we collect and use this information
We use the data:

• to support pupil learning
• to monitor and report on pupil progress
• to provide appropriate pastoral care
• to assess the quality of our services
• to comply with the law regarding data sharing
• to advise future senior schools regarding attainments
• to ensure a safe and secure environment

The lawful basis on which we use this information
We collect and use pupil information under the Education Act 1996

Collecting information
Whilst the majority of pupil information you provide to us is mandatory, some of it is provided to us on a voluntary basis. In order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, we will inform you whether you are required to provide certain pupil information to us or if you have a choice in this.

Storing data
We hold pupil data for 20 years after the pupil has left

Who we share information with
We routinely share pupil information with:

• schools that the pupil's attend after leaving us
• our local authority
• the Department for Education (DfES)

Why we share information
We do not share information about our pupils with anyone without consent unless the law and our policies allow us to do so.

We share pupils' data with the Department for Education (DfES) on a statutory basis. This data sharing underpins educational attainment policy and monitoring.

Data collection requirements:
To find out more about the data collection requirements placed on us by the Department for Education (for example; via the school census) go to https://www.gov.uk/education/data-collection-and-censuses-for-schools.

We are required by law, to provide information about our pupils to the DfE as part of statutory data collections such as the school census and early years' census. Some of this information is then stored in the NPD. The law that allows this is the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013.

To find out more about the NPD, go to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-pupil-database-user-guide-and-supporting-information.

The department may share information about our pupils from the NPD with third parties who promote the education or well-being of children in England by:

• conducting research or analysis
• producing statistics
• providing information, advice or guidance

The Department has robust processes in place to ensure the confidentiality of our data is maintained and there are stringent controls in place regarding access and use of the data. Decisions on whether DfE releases data to third parties are subject to a strict approval process and based on a detailed assessment of:

• who is requesting the data
• the purpose for which it is required
• the level and sensitivity of data requested: and
• the arrangements in place to store and handle the data

To be granted access to pupil information, organisations must comply with strict terms and conditions covering the confidentiality and handling of the data, security arrangements and retention and use of the data.

For more information about the department's data sharing process, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection-how-we-collect-and-share-research-data

For information about which organisations the department has provided pupil information, (and for which project), please visit the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-pupil-database-requests-received

To contact DfES: https://www.gov.uk/contact-dfe

Requesting access to your personal data
Under data protection legislation, parents and pupils have the right to request access to information about them that we hold. To make a request for your personal information, or be given access to your child's educational record, contact The Headmaster or the Data Protection officer for the School

You also have the right to:

• object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress
• prevent processing for the purpose of direct marketing
• object to decisions being taken by automated means
• in certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed; and
• claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the Data Protection regulations

If you have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, we request that you raise your concern with us in the first instance. Alternatively, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Contact
If you would like to discuss anything in this privacy notice, please contact:
The Headmaster or the Data Protection Officer for the school, P Albertini on 01865 242561

Form Submissions

We may collect information about your approximate location when you submit a form on our website.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Geographic location (such as city or region), inferred from your IP address or device data

We collect this information to:

• Identify and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity
• Diagnose technical issues

We process this data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and ensuring its security.

We do not use this information to identify your precise location, and we do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

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