Data Protection & Freedom of Information Policy
Objectives
Our Data Protection and Freedom of Information Policy aims to provide clear, practical procedures on information governance for staff and governors to follow and monitor in line with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018, the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
As a maintained primary school Thomas Jones holds information on pupils, parents/carers and staff in order to support teaching and learning, monitor and report on progress, provide appropriate pastoral care and assess how well we are doing. From time to time information will be passed on to the Local Education Authority and the Department for Education to contribute to local and national statistics. The information may also be passed on to future schools.
All personal information is handled in line with data protection principles. If the processing of personal information is carried out by others on our behalf we ensure that they follow the data protection principles and do so securely.
We keep confidential information secure when storing it, using it and sharing it with others.
Please contact the school directly if you have any concerns related to the security of data or if you want to access your personal data or wish it to be deleted, removed or for us to stop using your personal data if there is no need for us to keep it.
A full copy of our Data Protection & Freedom of Information Policy is available here
Our policy is currently being updated and is due to be approved by the governing body on 18th June. It will be uploaded to the school website as soon as approved.
A copy of our Privacy Notice is available here
Our Data Protection and Freedom of Information Policy aims to provide clear, practical procedures on information governance for staff and governors to follow and monitor in line with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018, the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
As a maintained primary school Thomas Jones holds information on pupils, parents/carers and staff in order to support teaching and learning, monitor and report on progress, provide appropriate pastoral care and assess how well we are doing. From time to time information will be passed on to the Local Education Authority and the Department for Education to contribute to local and national statistics. The information may also be passed on to future schools.
All personal information is handled in line with data protection principles. If the processing of personal information is carried out by others on our behalf we ensure that they follow the data protection principles and do so securely.
We keep confidential information secure when storing it, using it and sharing it with others.
Please contact the school directly if you have any concerns related to the security of data or if you want to access your personal data or wish it to be deleted, removed or for us to stop using your personal data if there is no need for us to keep it.
A full copy of our Data Protection & Freedom of Information Policy is available here
Our policy is currently being updated and is due to be approved by the governing body on 18th June. It will be uploaded to the school website as soon as approved.
A copy of our Privacy Notice is available here