PLEASE NOTE – THE SCHOOL IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION ANNUALLY.
Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998
We , Meols Cop High School, 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 the School Office.
If you require more information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data please go to the following websites:
• http://www.sefton.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=9541and
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:
· Sefton Plus
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
tel: 0845 140 0845
minicom: 0151 934 4657
or by completing the contact us online form available at www.sefton.gov.uk
· Public Communications Unit
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
website: www.dcsf.gov.uk
email: info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
tel: 0870 000 2288
(a) Attendance information is not collected for pupils under 5 at Early Years Settings or Maintained Schools
In addition for Secondary Schools
Connexions Services, Once you are aged 13 or over we are required to
pass on certain information to the Connexions services. Connexions is
the government's information and advice service for all young people
aged 13 to 19 in England.
We must provide both your own and your parent/s' name/s and
address/es, and any further information relevant to the Connexions
services’ role.
However, you (if you are over 16) or your parents can ask that no
information beyond name and address be passed to Connexions. Please
inform Mrs Sandra Porter if youwish to opt-out of this arrangement. For
more information about Connexions please, please contact the Local
Authority as shown above.
October 2009
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