We, Newton on Trent Church of England Primary School, are a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. We collect information from you and may receive information about you from your previous school and the Admissions Services of local authorities. 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

Information will be shared with the local authority in order to arrange suitable funding for school places. This information includes your contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance and behavioural information and personal characteristics such as your ethnic group, any special educational needs and relevant medical information.  

We collect and use pupil and parent information when:

• it has been freely given, with informed consent evidenced by clear affirmative action
• it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation
• it is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual
• it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the public authority
• necessary for the purpose of legitimate interests

We will not share pupil and parent information to anyone outside the school without your consent unless the law and our rules allow us to do so. For a complete list of current companies and service providers we share information with then please speak to the school office :

Newton on Trent Church of England Primary School

High Street

Newton on Trent

Lincolnshire

LN1 2JS

Tel : 01777 228365

Email : enquiries@newton-on-trent.lincs.sch.uk

You have the right to:

• request access to any personal data we hold about you
• object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress
• prevent processing for the purpose of direct marketing
• object to decisions being taken by automated means
• in certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed; and
• claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the Data Protection regulations

To exercise any of your rights, please contact the school’s Data Protection Officer :

Mr Joe Lee

ICT Advisor

Ark ICT Solutions Ltd

Unit 6 Venture Court

Spalding

Lincolnshire

PE11 3BG

Joe.Lee@ark.me.uk

If you are not satisfied with the response, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk

We are required by law to pass some information about you to the Local Authority and the Department for Education (DfE).

DfE may also share pupil level personal data that we supply to them, with third parties. This will only take place where legislation allows it to do so and it is in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Decisions on whether DfE releases this personal data to third parties are subject to a robust approval process and are 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 level data, requestors must comply with strict terms and conditions covering the confidentiality and handling of data, security arrangements and retention and use of the data.

For more information on how this sharing process works, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-pupil-database-apply-for-a-data-extract

For information on which third party organisations (and for which project) pupil level data has been provided to, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-pupil-database-requests-received

If you need more information about how our local authority and/or DfE collect and use your information, please visit:

• our local authority at https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/directory-record/61678/data-protection-policy or

• the DfE website at https://www.gov.uk/data-protection-how-we-collect-and-share-research-data

If you are unable to access these websites they can send you a copy of this information. Please contact the LA or DfE as follows:

Local Authority (LA)

• InformationGovernance@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Department for Education (DfE)

• Public Communications Unit
  Department for Education
  Sanctuary Buildings
  Great Smith Street
  London
  SW1P 3BT

Website:        www.education.gov.uk

email:                        http://www.education.gov.uk/help/contactus      
Telephone:    0370 000 2288