Privacy Notice
Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998
We The Redstart Primary are the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information from you, and may receive information about you from your previous school. We hold this personal data and use it to:
• support your teaching and learning;
• monitor and report on your progress;
• provide appropriate pastoral care, and
• assess how well your school is doing.
This information includes your contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information A, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs and any relevant medical information.
We will not give information about you to anyone outside the school without your consent unless the law and our rules permit it.
We are required by law to pass some of your information to the Local Authority (LA), and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
If you want to see a copy of the information we hold and share about you then please contact Nicola Harding
If you require more information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data please go to the following websites:
• SiX and
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/13856/DCSF%20what%20we%20do%20with%20Children's%20data%20v4%20final.doc
If you are unable to access these websites, please contact the LA or the DCSF as follows:
Information Officer
Children & Young People’s Directorate
B Block,
County Hall
Taunton
TA1 4DY
Email: educfoi@somerset.gov.uk
Tel: 01823 355959
Or call Somerset Direct on 0845 345 9122
For further information held by the Department for Education contact
Department of Education
Castle View House
East Lane
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 2GJ
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Web address: http://www.education.gov.uk/help/contactus
Public Communications Unit
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
The School has a duty of care to all of their pupils, and this care comes into being everyday at the start of the school day and whilst the pupil is on school premises. In order to assist with this duty this school has made the decision to use a text messaging service to communicate more easily on a number of subjects involving their children, such as First Day Absence, Emergency Closure, Reminders of Holidays and Events.
To inform parents or designated carers of important issues
the Text Messaging Service will send a standard text message to the designated mobile phone number. Apart from the contact telephone number and the pupil’s first name, no other personal data will be retained by the Texting Company.
If you require any further information please contact the School.