- St. Joseph's
Privacy notice for Parents/ Carers
This privacy notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about pupils. We, St. Joseph’s R.C. Primary School, are the ‘data controller’ for the purposes of data protection law.
Who we are and what we do
We are St. Joseph’s R.C. Primary School, Musgrave Street, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 7HT. We are a maintained primary school for children ages 3 – 11 years old. Our local authority is Hartlepool Borough Council.
The personal data we collect and hold
We hold personal data about pupils, their parents or carers to support teaching and learning, to provide pastoral care and to assess how the school is performing. We may also receive data about pupils from other organisations including, but not limited to, other schools, local authorities, health care providers and the Department for Education.
Personal data that we may collect, use, store and share (when appropriate) 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
Why we use this data
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 (including monitoring staff performance)
Administer admissions waiting lists
Carry out research
Comply with the law regarding data sharing
Our legal basis for using this data
We collect and use personal data on the basis of performing a public task (educating children).
On some occasions we may ask for consent to process data when its use is optional. On those occasions consent can be withdrawn at any time. We will make this clear when we ask for consent, and explain how consent can be withdrawn.
Collecting this information
We collect / obtain data from pupils, parents, carers, teachers and other professionals where relevant (e.g. G.P, hospital, social workers etc.)
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. We will only retain the data we collect for as long as is necessary. This would be to satisfy the purpose for which it has been collected in accordance with our data retention policy. Please contact us if you would like further details on this policy.
The security of data and information is important to us. This is why we follow a range of security policies and procedures to control and safeguard access to and use of your personal information. This includes both physical and technical security and integrity of all data.
Data sharing
We do not share any of this data with any other organisation without your permission, except where the law requires it. We are required to provide pupil data to central government through the Department for Education and the Education Funding Agency. Where it is necessary to protect a child, the school will also share data with the Local Authority Children’s Social Services, medical professional and/or the Police.
We do not transfer personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area.
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. This includes access to their child’s educational record. This should be made in writing or by e-mail to ….. The school will respond within a 15 school days timescale.
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 data (usually under the age of 16), or where the child has provided consent.
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, we will:
Give you a copy of the information in an intelligible form
Give you a description of the data we hold
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
Individuals also have the right for their personal information to be transmitted electronically to another organisation in certain circumstances.
If we cannot provide information to you, we will give you a description of the information we hold and the reason why it cannot be disclosed to you at the time of your request.
Other rights
Individuals have rights regarding how their personal data is used and kept safe, including the right to:
Object to the use of personal data if it would cause, or is causing, damage or distress
Prevent it being used to send direct marketing
Object to decisions being taken by automated means (by a computer or machine, rather than by a person)
In certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data corrected, deleted or destroyed, or restrict processing
Claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the data protection regulations
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our data protection officer.
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:
Report a concern online at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
Call 0303 123 1113
Or write to: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Contact us
If you have any questions, concerns or would like more information about anything mentioned in this privacy notice, please contact our data protection officer:
North Yorkshire Education Services
Data Protection Officer
01609 533222
Alternatively contact: Mrs R Williams Head Teacher
St Joseph’s R.C. Primary School
Musgrave Street
Hartlepool
TS24 7HT
Tel: 01429 272747