GDPR

Privacy notice

We, SS Peter and Paul’s Catholic Primary School, are the ‘data controller’ for the purposes of data protection law. Our data protection officer is The London Borough of Redbridge.  Personal data that we may collect, use, store and share about pupils includes, but is not restricted to:

  • Contact details, contact preferences, date of birth, identification documents
  • Results of internal assessments and externally set tests
  • Pupil and curricular records
  • Characteristics, such as ethnic background, eligibility for free school meals, or special educational needs
  • Exclusion information
  • Details of any medical conditions, including physical and mental health
  • Attendance information
  • Safeguarding information
  • Details of any support received, including care packages, plans and support providers
  • Photographs
  • CCTV images captured in school

We may also hold data about pupils that we have received from other organisations, including other schools, local authorities and the Department for Education.

 

We use this data to:

  • Support pupil learning
  • Monitor and report on pupil progress
  • Provide appropriate pastoral care
  • Protect pupil welfare
  • Assess the quality of our services
  • Administer admissions waiting lists
  • Comply with the law regarding data sharing

 

Our legal basis for using this data:                                                                                                                                                     

We only collect and use pupils’ personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we process it where:

  • We provide an education and pastoral/ welfare support.
  • We need to comply with a legal obligation
  • We need it to perform an official task in the public interest

 Less commonly, we may also process pupils’ personal data in situations where:

  • We have obtained consent to use it in a certain way
  • We need to protect the individual’s vital interests (or someone else’s interests)

Where we have obtained consent to use pupils’ personal data, this consent can be withdrawn at any time. We will make this clear when we ask for consent, and explain how consent can be withdrawn.

 

How we store this data                                                                                                                                                                  

We keep personal information about pupils while they are attending our school. We may also keep it beyond their attendance at our school if this is necessary in order to comply with our legal obligations. Our record retention schedule sets out how long we keep information about pupils.

 

Data sharing

We do not share information about pupils with any third party without consent unless the law and our policies allow us to do so.

Where it is legally required, or necessary (and it complies with data protection law) we may share personal information about pupils with:

  • Our local authority – to meet our legal obligations to share certain information with it, such as safeguarding concerns and exclusions
  • The Department for Education
  • The Diocese of Brentwood
  • Ofsted
  • The pupil’s family and representatives
  • Suppliers and service providers – to enable them to provide the service we have contracted
  • Central and local government
  • Health and social welfare organisations
  • Professional advisers and consultants
  • Police

 

Parents and pupils’ rights regarding personal data                                                                                           

Individuals have a right to make a ‘subject access request’ to gain access to personal information that the school holds about them. Parents/carers can make a request with respect to their child’s data where the child is not considered mature enough to understand their rights over their own Parents also have the right to make a subject access request with respect to any personal data the school holds about them.

If you make a subject access request, and if we do hold information about you or your child, we will:

  • Give you a description of it
  • Tell you why we are holding and processing it, and how long we will keep it for
  • Explain where we got it from, if not from you or your child
  • Tell you who it has been, or will be, shared with
  • Let you know whether any automated decision-making is being applied to the data, and any consequences of this
  • Give you a copy of the information in an intelligible form

 

Complaints                                                                                                                                                                                   

 We take any complaints about our collection and use of personal information very seriously. If you think that our collection or use of personal information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate, or have any other concern about our data processing, please raise this with us in the first instance. To make a complaint, please contact our data protection officer. Alternatively, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office:

 

Policies

Please find links to our GDPR policies here:

Data Protection Policy

Data Security Breach Policy

Freedom of Information Policy

Parent Rights - ICO

Privacy Notice for Employees

Privacy Notice for Students

 

Please note our Statutory Data Protection Officer details are below:

London Borough of Redbridge
Lynton House, 255-259 High Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1NY
dataprotection.schools@redbridge.gov.uk 

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