Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice for Llangewydd Junior School (Parents and Pupils)
Llangewydd Junior School is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal information. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal information about pupils, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Who Collects This Information
Llangewydd Junior School is a “data controller.” This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about pupils and parents.

The Categories Of Pupil Information That We Collect, Process, Hold And Share
We may collect, store and use the following categories of personal information about you: -

• Personal information such as name, pupil number, date of birth, gender and contact information;
• Emergency contact and family lifestyle information such as names, relationship, phone numbers and email addresses;
• Characteristics (such as ethnicity, language, nationality, country of birth and free school meal eligibility);
• Attendance details (such as sessions attended, number of absences and reasons for absence);
• Cashless Catering;
• Performance and assessment information;
• Behavioural information (including exclusions);
• Special educational needs information;
• Relevant medical information;
• Special categories of personal data including biometric data, ethnicity, relevant medical information, special educational needs information;
• Images of pupils engaging in school activities, and images captured by the School’s CCTV system;
• Information about the use of our IT, communications and other systems, and other monitoring information;

Collecting This Information
Whilst the majority of information you provide to us is mandatory, some of it is provided to us on a voluntary basis. In order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, we will inform you whether you are required to provide certain pupil information to us or if you have a choice in this.
It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during your working relationship with us.

How We Use Your Personal Information
We hold pupil data and use it for: -

• Pupil selection (and to confirm the identity of prospective pupils and their parents);
• Providing education services and extra-curricular activities to pupils, and monitoring pupils' progress and educational needs;
• Informing decisions such as the funding of schools;
• Assessing performance and to set targets for schools;
• Safeguarding pupils' welfare and providing appropriate pastoral (and where necessary medical) care;
• Support teaching and learning;
• Giving and receive information and references about past, current and prospective pupils, and to provide references to potential employers of past pupils;
• Managing internal policy and procedure;
• Enabling pupils to take part in assessments, to publish the results of examinations and to record pupil achievements;
• To carry out statistical analysis for diversity purposes;
• Legal and regulatory purposes (for example child protection, diversity monitoring and health and safety) and to comply with legal obligations and duties of care;
• Enabling relevant authorities to monitor the school's performance and to intervene or assist with incidents as appropriate;
• Monitoring use of the school's IT and communications systems in accordance with the school's IT security policy;
• Making use of photographic images of pupils in school publications, on the school website and on social media channels;
• Security purposes, including CCTV; and
• Where otherwise reasonably necessary for the school's purposes, including to obtain appropriate professional advice and insurance for the school.
• To provide support to pupils after they leave the school
   

The Lawful Basis On Which We Use This Information
We will only use your information when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your information in the following circumstances: -

• Consent: the individual has given clear consent to process their personal data for a specific purpose;
• Contract: the processing is necessary for a contract with the individual;
• Legal obligation: the processing is necessary to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations) – for example for PLASC (Pupil Level Annual School’s Census).
• Vital interests: the processing is necessary to protect someone’s life.
• Public task: the processing is necessary to perform a task in the public interest or for official functions, and the task or function has a clear basis in law; and

We need all the categories of information in the list above primarily to allow us to comply with legal obligations. Please note that we may process information without knowledge or consent, where this is require or permitted by law.

Sharing Data
We may need to share your data with third parties where it is necessary. There are strict controls on who can see your information. We will not share your data if you have advised us that you do not want it shared unless it’s the only way we can make sure you stay safe and healthy or we are legally required to do so.
We share pupil information with: -

• Welsh Government;
• Estyn;
• Other Schools that pupils have attended/will attend;
• NHS;
• Welfare services (such as social services);
• Law enforcement officials such as police, HMRC;
• Local Authority Designated Officer;
• Professional advisors such as lawyers and consultants;
• Support services (including insurance, IT support, information security);
• Providers of learning software such as LEXIA, Reading Eggs, Big Maths , ‘B’ Squared and
• The Local Authority.

Information will be provided to those agencies securely or anonymised where possible.
The recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations, we require them to respect the security of your data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

Why We Share This Information
We do not share information about our pupils with anyone without consent unless otherwise required by law.
For example, we share students’ data with the Welsh Government: Education and Skills department on a statutory basis for census purposes which underpins school funding and educational attainment.
Storing Pupil Data
The School keep information about pupils on computer systems and sometimes on paper.
Except as required by law, the School only retains information about pupils for as long as necessary in accordance with timeframes imposed by law and our internal policy.

Full details on how long we keep personal data for is set out in our data retention policy. 

 
Automated Decision Making
Automated decision making takes place when an electronic system uses personal information to make a decision without human intervention. We are allowed to use automated decision making in limited circumstances.
Pupils will not be subject to automated decision-making, unless we have a lawful basis for doing so and we have notified you.
Security
We have put in place measures to protect the security of your information (i.e. against it being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way).
The National Data Collection (NDC)
The NDC is run by Welsh Government and contains information about pupils in schools in Wales. It provides invaluable evidence on educational performance to inform independent research, as well as studies commissioned by the Government. It is held in electronic format for statistical purposes. This information is securely collected from a range of sources including schools, local authorities and awarding bodies.
We are required by law, to provide information about our pupils to the Welsh Government as part of statutory data collections such as PLASC, post-16 data collection, national data collection and attendance collection.
To find out more about the NDC, go to https://gov.wales/national-data-collection-ndc-technical-completion-notes-schools-and-local-authorities
The Government may share or receive information about our pupils regarding curriculum assessments, exam results and attendance data. The Government are most likely to share data with the following organisations: -

• The local authority;
• Estyn;
• Careers Wales;
• Qualifications Wales and any body recognised by Qualifications Wales as a body awarding qualifications in Wales (for example WJEC);
• The Office for National Statistics;
• The Education and Skills Funding Agency;
• The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) in England and any body recognised by Ofqual;

To be granted access to pupil information, organisations must comply with strict terms and conditions covering the confidentiality and handling of the data, security arrangements and retention and use of the data.

Requesting Access To Your Personal Data
Under data protection legislation, parents and pupils have the right to request access to information about them that we hold. To make a request for your personal information, or be given access to your child’s education record, contact Neil Clode.
You also have the right to: -

• Object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress;
• Prevent processing for the purposes of direct marketing;
• Object to decisions being taken by automated means;
• In certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed; and
• Claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the data protection regulations.

If you want to exercise any of the above rights, please contact Neil Clode in writing.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is another appropriate security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

Right To Withdraw Consent
In circumstances where you may have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal information for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact Neil Clode. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law.

Contact
If you would like to discuss anything within this privacy notice or have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, we request that you raise your concern with Neil Clode in the first instance.
We have appointed a data protection officer (DPO) to oversee compliance with data protection and this privacy notice. If you have any questions about how we handle your personal information which cannot be resolve by Neil Clode, then you can contact the DPO on the details below: -
Data Protection Officer: Judicium Consulting Limited
Address: 72 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AE
Email: dataservices@judicium.com
Web: www.judiciumeducation.co.uk
Lead Contact: Craig Stilwell
 
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues at https://ico.org.uk/concerns.

Changes To This Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to update this privacy notice at any time, and we will provide you with a new privacy notice when we make any substantial updates. We may also notify you in other ways from time to time about the processing of your personal information.