Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Schools handle and store personal information about pupils, parents or carers, staff, and governors. Under the Data Protection Act 1998, schools are legally obliged to protect this information.
As a school we must:
Informing parents and carers
As a school we must inform all parents and carers that we hold personal information about each pupil and explain how you intend to use this information.
Data Protection Policy 2019/2020
Designated Protection Officer
School DPO
School Data Protection Officer
Warwickshire Legal Services
Warwickshire County Council
Shire Hall
Market Square
Warwick
CV34 4RL
Email: schooldpo@warwickshire.gov.uk
Schools handle and store personal information about pupils, parents or carers, staff, and governors. Under the Data Protection Act 1998, schools are legally obliged to protect this information. Your school must:
Find out more about complying with the Data Protection Act from the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Informing parents and carers
Your school must inform all parents and carers that you hold personal information about each pupil and explain how you intend to use this information. Your school needs to send the parent or carer of every pupil a Privacy Notice, also called a Fair Processing Notice. The notice is renewed every year, so you have to send it to parents in the autumn of every school year. Find out more on our page Privacy Notices.
Allowing individuals to see their information
Pupils, their parents or carers, staff and governors have the right to see the personal information schools hold about them and to correct the information if it is wrong. Under the Data Protection Act, they can send a subject access request to the school. Find out what your legal obligations are on our page Requests for access to personal information.
Notifying the Information Commissioner’s Office
All schools have to notify the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that they handle personal information. Notification is statutory and failure to do so is a criminal offence.