GDPR
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) issued in May 2018 replaced the Data Protection Act (DPA) and is set to strengthen and unify all data held within an organisation. For schools, GDPR brings a new responsibility to inform parents/carers and stakeholders about how they are using pupils’ data and who it is being used by.
This area will show all documents uploaded to the /docs/GDPR folder.
Documents in folders containing the word 'letter' or 'minute' are listed in the order they were uploaded, most recent upload at the top. Otherwise, documents are listed alphabetically.
- Data Protection Policy Autumn 2023 Autumn 2026 docx
- Data Security Incident Breach Procedure Autumn 2023 Autumn 2026 docx
- gdpr information for parents
- Photographs in School Policy
- Safeguarding Statement
- Subject Access Request Procedure Autumn 2023 Autumn 2026 docx
What does GDPR mean for schools?
We only collect personal data to allow us to fulfil our obligations to safeguard your children and to provide them with the best academic opportunities.
We will continue to update our policies and procedures in line with any changes in law and ensure that we are compliant with all necessary regulations.
A great deal of the processing of personal data undertaken by schools will fall under a specific legal basis, ‘in the public interest’. As it is in the public interest to operate schools successfully, it will mean that specific consent will not be needed in the majority of cases in schools.
GDPR will ensure data is protected and will give individuals more control over their data. However, this means schools will have greater accountability for the data:
- Under GDPR, consent must be explicitly given to anything that isn’t within the normal business of the school, especially if it involves a third party managing the data. Parents (or the pupil themselves depending on their age) must express consent for their child’s data to be used outside of the normal business of the school.
- Schools must appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) and be able to prove that they are GDPR compliant. The school’s DPO is Newham Partnership Working.
- Schools must ensure that their third party suppliers who may process any of their data is GDPR compliant and must have legally binding contracts with any company that processes any personal data. These contracts must cover what data is being processed, who it is being processed by, who has access to it and how it is protected.
- It will be compulsory that all data breaches which are likely to have a detrimental effect on the data subject are reported to the ICO within 72 hours.
If you wish to withdraw consent or have any enquiries relating to personal data, you can email us directly at: info@carpenters.newham.sch.uk
