PRIVACY NOTICE - PARENTS AND CARERS

Privacy Notice: Parents/Carers

Data Controller: Barnby Road Academy

Data Protection Officer (DPO): Corrina Beckett

DPO Contact: DPO@newarkbarnbyroad.notts.sch.uk

Policy Statement

During your child’s time with us, we will gather and use information relating to you. Information that we hold in relation to individuals is known as their personal data. This will include data that we obtain from you directly and data about you that we obtain from other people and organisations. We might also need to continue to hold your personal data for a period of time after your child has left the Academy. Anything that we do with an individual’s personal data is known as processing.

This document sets out what personal data we will hold about you, why we process that data, who we share this information with and your rights in relation to your personal data processed by us.

What information does the Academy collect, process, hold and share?

We will collect, hold, share and otherwise use the following information about you:

• Personal information (such as name, address, home and mobile numbers, personal email address, emergency contact details and relationship marital status)
• Financial details such as eligibility for free school meals
• Your relationship to your child, including any court orders that may be in place

Where do we get your personal data from?

We will obtain an amount of your personal data from you by way of information gathering exercises at appropriate times, such as when your child joins the Academy and you fill out the new registration and contact forms. We may also obtain information about you from other sources such as social services.

Why do we use your personal data?

We will process your personal data for the following reasons:

1. Where we are required by law, including:

• To provide reports and other information required by law in relation to the performance of your child
• To raise or address any concerns about safeguarding
• To the government agencies including the police
• To obtain relevant funding for the school
• To provide or obtain additional services including advice and/or support for your family

2. Where the law otherwise allows us to process the personal data as part of our functions as a school/trust, or we are carrying out a task in the public interest, including:

• To confirm your identity
• To communicate matters relating to the Academy to you
• To safeguard you, our pupils and other individuals
• To ensure the safety of individuals on the Academy premises
• To aid in the prevention and detection of crime on the Academy premises

3. Where we otherwise have your consent

Whilst the majority of processing of personal data we hold about you will not require your consent, we will inform you if your consent is required and seek that consent before any processing takes place.

Why do we use special category personal data?

We may process special category personal data in relation to you for the following reasons:

1. Where the processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, including for purposes of equality of opportunity and treatment, where this is in accordance with our Data Protection Policy.

2. Where the processing is necessary in order to ensure your health and safety on the Academy premises, including making reasonable adjustments for any disabilities you may have.

3. Where we otherwise have your explicit written consent.

There may also be circumstances where we need to use your information in relation to legal claims, or to protect your vital interests or those of your child, and where it is not possible to seek your consent.

Failure to provide this information

If you fail to provide information to us, we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.

How long will we hold your personal data for?

We will hold your personal data only for as long as necessary. How long we need to retain any information will depend on the type of information. For further detail please see our Retention and Destruction Policy.

Who will we share your personal data with?

We routinely share information about you with:

• Local authorities, to assist them in the exercise of their responsibilities in relation to education and training, youth support and safeguarding purposes
• The Department for Education, in compliance with legal obligations of the school to provide information about students and parents as part of statutory data collections
• Contractors, such as electronic communication provider to enable direct and rapid communication from school to yourselves

The Department for Education may share information that we are required to provide to them with other organisations. For further information about the DfE’s data sharing process, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/data-protection-how-we-collect-and-share-research-data.

Contact details for the DfE can be found at https://www.gov.uk/contact-dfe.

The Local Authority may share information that we are required to provide to them with other organisations. For further information on the local authority’s data sharing process, please visit the appropriate website below:

• Nottinghamshire: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk  

Your rights in relation to your personal data held by us

You have the right to request access to personal data that we hold about you, subject to a number of exceptions. To make a request for access to your personal data, you should contact:

Corrina Beckett (Data Protection Officer) – DPO@newarkbarnbyroad.notts.sch.uk 

Please also refer to our Data Protection Policy for further details on making requests for access to your personal data.

You also have the right, in certain circumstances, to:

• Object to the processing of your personal data
• Have inaccurate or incomplete personal data about you rectified
• Restrict processing of your personal data
• Object to the making of decisions about you taken by automated means
• Have your data transferred to another organisation
• Claim compensation for damage caused by a breach of your data protection rights

If you want to exercise any of these rights then you should contact the Data Protection Officer. The law does not oblige the Academy to comply with all requests. If the Academy does not intend to comply with the request, you will be notified of the reasons why in writing.

Concerns

If you have any concerns about how we are using your personal data, then we ask that you contact our Data Protection Officer in the first instance. However, an individual can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office should you consider this to be necessary, at: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/.

Contact

If you would like to discuss anything in this privacy notice, please contact:

Corrina Beckett (Data Protection Officer) – DPO@newarkbarnbyroad.notts.sch.uk