Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998
6 November 2009
We, The Grange School, are the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information from you about your child, and may receive information about your child from their previous school. The school holds this personal data and uses it to:
- support its students’ teaching and learning;
- monitor and report on their progress;
- provide appropriate pastoral care, and
- assess how well the school as a whole is doing.
This information includes children’s contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs and any relevant medical information.
We will not give information about your child to anyone outside the school without your consent unless the law and our rules permit it.
We are required by law to pass some of this information to the Local Authority (LA), and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
If you want to see a copy of the information we hold and share about your child then please contact my secretary, Mrs J Hoar.
If you require more information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data please see the following links:
If you are unable to access these websites, please contact the Local Authority or the DCSF as follows:
- Local Authority
Email: webcommunications@buckscc.gov.uk - Department for Children, Schools and Families
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Website: www.dcsf.gov.uk
Email: info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 0870 000 2288
Connexions Services
Once your child is aged 13 or over we are required to pass on certain information to the Connexions services. Connexions is the government's information and advice service for all young people aged 13 to 19 in England.
We must provide both your own and your child's name(s) and address(es), and any further information relevant to the Connexions services’ role.
However, you or your child (if they are over 16) can ask that no information beyond name and address be passed to Connexions. Please inform my secretary, Mrs J Hoar, if you wish to opt-out of this arrangement.
For more information about Connexions, please visit the Connexions website.
Yours sincerely
Mr V Murray
Headteacher