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Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998 |
Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998
We Longhill High School are the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information from you, and may receive information about you from your previous school. We hold this personal data and use it to:
• support your teaching and learning;
• monitor and report on your progress;
• provide appropriate pastoral care, and
• assess how well your school is doing.
This information includes your 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 you 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 your 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 you then please contact Mrs Ann Titheradge, Data Manager.
If you require more information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data please go to the following websites:
• http://education.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=b1156484
• http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/13856/DCSF%20what%20we%20do%20with%20Children's%20data%20v4%20final.doc
If you are unable to access these websites, please contact the LA or the DCSF as follows:
• Katherine Eastland
Performance Analyst – Education
Brighton & Hove Council
King's House
Grand Avenue
Hove BN3 2LS
Email:
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Tel: 01273 291263
• Public Communications Unit
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London SW1P 3BT
website: www.dcsf.gov.uk
email:
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tel: 0870 000 2288.
Connexions Services - Once you are 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 parent/s' name/s and address/es, and any further information relevant to the Connexions services’ role.
However, you (if you are over 16) or your parents can ask that no information beyond name and address be passed to Connexions. Please inform Mrs A Titheradge, Data Manager, if you wish to opt-out of this arrangement. For more information about Connexions please, please contact the Local Authority as shown above.
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