Oakfield Primary

We also obtain personal information from other sources as follows:

• Personal information, special category information, assessment results and SEN information from schools that you previously attended.
• Service support and involvement information from North Lincolnshire Council teams working to improve outcomes for children and young people (such as SEND, Early Help, Free School Meals, Admissions).

How long your personal data will be kept

We will hold your personal information securely and retain it from the child/young person’s date of birth until they reach the age of 25, after which the information is archived or securely destroyed.

Reasons we can collect and use your personal information

We collect and use pupil information under section 537A of the Education Act 1996, section 83 of the Children Act 1989, and to carry out tasks in the public interest. If we need to collect special category (sensitive) personal information, we rely upon reasons of substantial public interest (equality of opportunity or treatment).

If there is processing or sharing that relies on your consent, we will make this clear to you and ensure we seek your consent.

Who we share your personal information with.

• Department for Education (DfE) (statutory for school funding and educational attainment policy and monitoring) and other government agencies and local authorities as required (e.g. to resolve funding queries).
• North Lincolnshire Council teams working to improve outcomes for children and young people.
• Commissioned providers of local authority services (such as education services).
• Schools or colleges that you attend after leaving us.
• Local forums with schools and North Lincolnshire Council representatives which support in-year fair access processes and support managed moves between schools.
• Local multi-agency forums which provide SEND advice, support and guidance.
• Partner organisations which may include Police, school nurses, doctors and mental health workers and North Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Trust.
• Schools in our local collaboration, to enable the moderation of pupil assessment outcomes, to support collaborative working through joint analysis, and ensure children continue to receive appropriate education provision.
• North Lincolnshire Council has to share information with external moderators (teachers with recent relevant experience) of end of key stage assessments, to meet statutory requirements from the Standards & Testing Agency (STA).
• Third-party providers of information services (such as student apps/text messaging services) where consent has been given.
• Contracted providers of services (such as school photographers and catering providers) where consent has been given.

We will share personal information with law enforcement or other authorities if required by applicable law.

We are required to share information about our pupils with North Lincolnshire Council and the Department for Education (DfE) under section 3 of The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013.

The National Pupil Database (NPD).

The NPD is owned and managed by the DfE and contains information about pupils in schools in England. It provides invaluable evidence on educational performance to inform independent research, as well as studies commissioned by the DfE. 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 DfE as part of statutory data collections such as the school census and early years’ census. Some of this information is then stored in the NPD. The law that allows this is the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013.

The DfE may share information about our pupils from the NPD with third parties who promote the education or well-being of children in England by:

• conducting research or analysis.
• producing statistics.
• providing information, advice or guidance.

The DfE has robust processes in place to ensure the confidentiality of our data is maintained and there are stringent controls in place regarding access and use of the data. Decisions on whether DfE releases data to third parties are subject to a strict approval process and based on a detailed assessment of:

• who is requesting the data.
• the purpose for which it is required.
• the level and sensitivity of data requested: and
• the arrangements in place to store and handle the data.

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.

YOUR RIGHTS

Under the GDPR you have rights which you can exercise free of charge which allow you to:

• Know what we are doing with your information and why we are doing it.
• Ask to see what information we hold about you (Subject Access Requests).
• Ask us to correct any mistakes in the information we hold about you.
• Object to direct marketing.
• Make a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office.
• Withdraw consent (if applicable).

Depending on our reason for using your information you may also be entitled to:

• Ask us to delete information we hold about you.
• Have your information transferred electronically to yourself or to another organisation.
• Object to decisions being made that significantly affect you.
• Object to how we are using your information.
• Stop us using your information in certain ways.

We will always seek to comply with your request however we may be required to hold or use your information to comply with legal duties. Please note: your request may delay or prevent us delivering a service to you.

For further information about your rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the guidance from the UK Information Commissioners Office (ICO) on individuals’ rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.

If you would like to exercise a right, please contact Mrs E Sidaway, Oakfield Primary School, Morecambe Avenue, Scunthorpe, Nth Lincs, DN16 3JF.