Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998

We, Bishop Henderson CE VA Primary School, are the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information on pupils and parents and/or carers, and may receive information about pupils and parents and/or carers from previous schools. We hold this personal data and use it to:

This information includes your child's contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information*, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs and any relevant medical information.

We will not give information about your child 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 Education.

If you want to see a copy of the information we hold and share about you then please contact the school office.

If you require more information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data either visit their respective websites:

Or if you are unable to access these websites, please contact them on the details below:

For further information held by the Department for Education, contact

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, etc.

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.

* Attendance information is not collected for pupils under 5 at Early Years Settings or Maintained Schools