On May 25th 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect across the EU. It is a new law to ensure all data held and processed by organisations within the EU is secure and processed lawfully.

Public organisations, schools (and academies) are required to comply with GDPR.

The process of becoming GDPR compliant has been a long one, because it affects all aspects of the school. We now have a GDPR compliant version of our Data Protection Policy, with the addition of Privacy Notices for both staff and pupils.

GDPR is central to our day-to-day culture. We already highly value and protect all of our pupil, parent and staff data and will continue to do so in the presence of GDPR.

All policies relating to GDPR can be located on our Policies Section of the website and are all reviewed by Governors annually.

Requesting Access To Your Personal Data

Under data protection legislation, parents/carers 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, please contact the school office. 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/

If you want to contact us about your personal information, please contact the school office.