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GDPR Privacy Notice

Who processes your information?

Southill Primary School is the data controller of the personal information you provide to us. This means the school determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, any personal data relating to pupils and their families is to be processed.

In some cases, your data will be outsourced to a third party processor; however, this will only be done with your consent, unless the law requires the school to share your data. Where the school outsources data to a third party processor, the same data protection standards that Southill Primary School upholds are imposed on the processor.

Why do we collect and use your information?

Southill Primary School holds the legal right to collect and use personal data relating to pupils and their families, and we may also receive information regarding them from their previous school, LA and/or the DfE. We collect and use personal data in order to meet legal requirements and legitimate interests set out in the GDPR and UK law, including those in relation to the following:

Article 6 and Article 9 of the GDPR

Education Act 1996

Regulation 5 of The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013 In accordance with the above, the personal data of pupils and their families is collected and used for the following reasons:

  • To support pupil learning
  • To monitor and report on pupil progress
  • To provide appropriate pastoral care
  • To assess the quality of our service
  • To comply with the law regarding data sharing
  • To safeguard pupils

What data is collected?

The categories of pupil information that the school collects, holds and shares include the following:

  • Personal information – e.g. names, unique pupil number and addresses
  • Characteristics – e.g. ethnicity, language, nationality, country of birth and free school meal eligibility
  • Attendance information – e.g. sessions attended, number of absences and absence reasons
  • Assessment information – e.g. national curriculum assessment results
  • Relevant medical information
  • Information relating to SEND
  • Behavioural information – e.g. number of temporary exclusions
  • Safeguarding concerns and information

While the majority of the personal data you provide to the school is mandatory, some is provided on a voluntary basis. When collecting data, the school will inform you whether you are required to provide this data or if your consent is needed. Where consent is required, the school will provide you with specific and explicit information with regards to the reasons the data is being collected and how the data will be used.

How long is your data stored for?

Personal data relating to pupils at Southill Primary School and their families is stored in line with the school’s Data Protection Policy.

In accordance with the GDPR, the school does not store personal data indefinitely; data is only stored for as long as is necessary to complete the task for which it was originally collected.

Will my information be shared?

The school is required to share pupils’ data with the DfE on a statutory basis. The National Pupil Database (NPD) is managed by the DfE and contains information about pupils in schools in England. Southill Primary School is required by law to provide information about our pupils to the DfE as part of statutory data collections, such as the school census; some of this information is then stored in the NPD. The DfE may share information about our pupils from the NDP with third parties who promote the education or wellbeing of children in England by:

  • Conducting research or analysis.
  • Producing statistics.
  • Providing information, advice or guidance.

The DfE has robust processes in place to ensure the confidentiality of any data shared from the NDP is maintained.

Southill Primary School will not share your personal information with any third parties without your consent, unless the law allows us to do so. The school routinely shares pupils’ information with:

  • Pupils’ destinations upon leaving the school
  • The LA
  • The NHS
  • The DfE
  • Sims and Sims Parent Light (Schools Information Management System)
  • Tucasi – online payments system
  • Eduspot – Text to parents service
  • Ping – Electronic communications app for parents
  • Cool Milk
  • Primary College/Residential Centres
  • Inventry – Electronic signing in out and system
  • Accelerated Reading
  • Insight – Pupil progress data

What are your rights?

Parents and pupils have the following rights in relation to the processing of their personal data.

You have the right to:

  • Be informed about how Southill Primary School uses your personal data.
  • Request access to the personal data that Southill Primary School holds.
  • Request that your personal data is amended if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Request that your personal data is erased where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
  • Request that the processing of your data is restricted.
  • Object to your personal data being processed.

Where the processing of your data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.

If you have a concern about the way Southill Primary School and/or the DfE is 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 (ICO) at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Where can you find out more information?

If you would like to find out more information about how we and/or the DfE collect, use and store your personal data, please visit our website and download our Data Protection Policy or go to https://www.gov.uk/education/data-collection-and-censuses-for-schools.

If you have any questions about this privacy notice please contact Mr Mason, Headteacher,on 01305 773144 or office@southill.dorset.sch.uk