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CLP Parent and Carer Privacy Notice
Compass Learning Partnership - Parent and Carer Privacy Notice
During your child’s time with us, we will gather and use information relating to you. Information that we hold in relation to individuals is known as their “personal data”. This will include data that we obtain from you directly and data about you that we obtain from other people and organisations. We might also need to continue to hold your personal data for a period of time after your child has left the Trust. Anything that we do with an individual’s personal data is known as “processing”.
This document sets out what personal data we will hold about you, why we process that data, who we share this information with, and your rights in relation to your personal data processed by us.
What information do we process in relation to you?
We will collect, hold, share and otherwise use the following information about you:
- personal information (such as name, address, home and mobile telephone numbers, email address, emergency contact details and marital status).
- financial details (such as bank account or credit card details), and other financial details such as eligibility for free school meals or other financial assistance.
- CCTV footage and images obtained when you attend the Trust site.
- your relationship to your child, including any Court orders that may be in place.
We will also use special categories of data such as gender, age, ethnic group, sex or sexual orientation, religious or similar beliefs, information about health, genetic information and biometric data. These types of personal data are subject to additional requirements.
Where do we get your personal data from?
We will obtain an amount of your personal data from you, by way of information gathering exercises at appropriate times such as when your child joins the Trust, and when you attend the Trust site and are captured by our CCTV system.
We may also obtain information about you from other sources. This might include information from the local authorities or other professionals or bodies, including a Court, which might raise concerns in relation to your child.
Why do we use your personal data?
We will process your personal data for the following reasons:
- Where we are required by law, including:
- To provide reports and other information required by law in relation to the performance of your child.
- To raise or address any concerns about safeguarding.
- To provide information to Government agencies including the police.
- To obtain relevant funding for the school.
- To provide or obtain additional services including advice and/or support for your family.
- Where the law otherwise allows us to process the personal data as part of our functions as a Trust, or we are carrying out a task in the public interest, including:
- To confirm your identity.
- To communicate matters relating to the Trust, to you.
- To safeguard you, our pupils and other individuals.
- To enable payments to be made by you to the Trust.
- To ensure the safety of individuals on the Trust site.
- To aid in the prevention and detection of crime on the Trust site.
- Where we otherwise have your consent.
Whilst the majority of processing of personal data we hold about you will not require your consent, we will inform you if your consent is required and seek that consent before any processing takes place.
Why do we use special category personal data?
We may process special category personal data in relation to you for the following reasons:
- Where the processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, including for purposes of equality of opportunity and treatment, where this is in accordance with our Data Protection Policy.
- Where the processing is necessary in order to ensure your health and safety on the Trust site, including making reasonable adjustments for any disabilities you may have.
- Where we otherwise have your explicit written consent.
There may also be circumstances where we need to use your information in relation to legal claims, or to protect your vital interests of those of your child, and where it is not possible to seek your consent.
Failure to provide this information
If you fail to provide information to us we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
How long will we hold your personal data for?
We will hold your personal data only for as long as necessary. How long we need to hold on to any information will depend on the type of information. For further detail please see our Data Protection Policy.
Who will we share your personal data with?
We routinely share information about you with:
- Local authorities, to assist them in the exercise of their responsibilities in relation to education and training, youth support and safeguarding purposes.
- The Department for Education and other public bodies, in compliance with legal obligations of the school to provide information about students and parents as part of statutory data collections.
- Contractors, such as payment processing providers, to enable payments to be made by you to the Trust.
Your rights in relation to your personal data held by us
You have the right to request access to personal data that we hold about you, subject to a number of exceptions. To make a request for access to your personal data, you should contact the Trust’s Data Protection Lead, Dave Philips:
Please also refer to our Data Protection Policy for further details on making requests for access to your personal data.
You also have the right, in certain circumstances, to:
- Object to the processing of your personal data.
- Have inaccurate or incomplete personal data about you rectified.
- Restrict processing of your personal data.
- Object to the making of decisions about you taken by automated-means.
- Have your data transferred to another organisation.
- Claim compensation for damage caused by a breach of your data protection rights.
If you want to exercise any of these rights then you should contact Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk. The law does not oblige the Trust to comply with all requests. If the Trust does not intend to comply with the request then you will be notified of the reasons why in writing.
Concerns
If you have any concerns about how we are using your personal data then we ask that you contact our Data Protection Officer, in the first instance. However, an individual may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office, should you consider this to be necessary, at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/.
Contact
If you would like to discuss anything in this privacy notice, please contact: Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk
CLP Pupil Notice
Compass Learning Partnership – Pupil Notice
Why are we giving this information?
As your school we need to use information about you. We do this for a number of reasons. This form tells you what information about you we use and why we use it. It is very important that information about you is kept safe. We explain below how the school ensures this.
If you want to know anything about what we do with information about you then please ask your teacher, or speak to your parents/guardian and ask them to contact the school. The school wants you to feel free to raise any questions at all.
We also have a person called the Data Protection Lead at the school. They can answer any questions you have about what the school does with your information. If you or your parents/guardian want to speak to them, you can contact Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk
During your time with us, we will use information that we gather in relation to you for various purposes. Information that we hold in relation to you is known as ‘personal data’. This will include data that we obtain from you directly and data about you which we obtain from other people and organisations. We might also need to continue to hold your personal data for a period of time after you have left the school. Anything that we do with your personal data is known as ‘processing’.
This document sets out what personal data we will hold about you, why we process that data, who we share this information with, and your rights in relation to your personal data processed by us.
What information do we use about you?
We will collect, hold, share or otherwise use information about you set out in the boxes below:
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We will also collect, hold, share and otherwise use some information about you which is special “special category personal data” and we will take extra care to make sure that this is kept safe:
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Where do we get this information from?
We get this information from:
- You.
- Your parents/guardian.
- Teachers or other staff.
- People from other organisations, like doctors or the Local Authority.
Why do we use this information?
We use this information for lots of reasons, including:
- To make sure that we give you a good education.
- To make sure that we are able to address and support any educational, health or social needs you may have.
- To make sure everyone is treated fairly and equally.
- To keep you and everyone at the school safe and secure.
- To deal with emergencies.
- To celebrate your achievements.
- To provide reports and additional information to your parents/guardian.
Some of these things we have to do by law. Other things we do because we need to do them to run the school.
Sometimes we need permission to use your information. This includes taking pictures or videos of you. Before we do these things we will ask you, or if necessary your parent/guardian, for permission.
Why do we use special category personal data?
We may need to use the special category data where there is a specific interest to do so. For example, for health and social care purposes or to provide you with equal opportunities and treatment. We will also use this information where you have given us permission to do so.
There may also be circumstances where we need to use your information in relation to legal claims, or to protect your vital interests and where you are unable to provide your consent.
How long will we hold information in relation to our pupils?
We will hold information relating to you only for as long as necessary. How long we need to hold on to any information will depend on the type of information. Where you change school we will usually pass your information to your new school.
Who will we share pupil information with?
We may share information about you with:
- Other schools or educational institutions you may attend or require support from, and Local Authorities - to assist them in the exercise of their responsibilities in relation to education and training, youth support and safeguarding purposes.
- The Department for Education and ESFA, as required by the law.
- Contractors, such as school meal providers or external tutors, to enable them to provide an effective service to the school.
Keeping this information safe
It is very important that only people who need to use your information can see it. The school keeps your information safe by regularly reviewing the systems we use, checking the security of organisations that process your data, and training our staff.
Your rights in relation to your information
You can ask to see the information we hold about you. If you wish to do this, you should contact Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk
You also have the right to:
- Object to what we are doing with your information.
- Have inaccurate or incomplete information about you amended.
- Ask us to stop doing certain things with your information, in some cases.
- Ask that decisions about you are not made using automated-means.
- Claim against the school, in certain circumstances, where you have suffered as a result of the school breaching your data protection rights.
If you want to exercise any of these rights then you should contact Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk. The law does not oblige the Trust to comply with all requests. If the Trust does not intend to comply with the request then you will be notified of the reasons why in writing.
Concerns
If you have any concerns about how we are using your personal data then we ask that you contact our Data Protection Officer, in the first instance. However an individual may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office, should you consider this to be necessary, at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/.
CLP Recruitment Privacy Notice
Compass Learning Partnership - Recruitment Privacy Notice
As part of your application to join us, we will gather and use information relating to you. Information that we hold in relation to individuals is known as their “personal data”. This will include data that we obtain from you directly and data about you that we obtain from other people and organisations. We might also need to continue to hold an individual’s personal data for a period of time after the recruitment process, even if you are unsuccessful. Anything that we do with an individual’s personal data is known as “processing”. This document sets out what personal data we will gather and hold about individuals who apply for a position with us, why we process that data, who we share this information with, and your rights in relation to your personal data processed by us.
What information do we process during your application process?
We may collect, hold, share and otherwise use the following information about you during your application process.
Up to and including shortlisting stage:
- your name and contact details (e.g. address, home and mobile telephone numbers, email address);
- details of your qualifications, training, experience, duties, employment history (including job titles, salary, relevant dates and working hours), details of driving licence (if relevant for role), membership of professional bodies and interests;
- your racial or ethnic origin, sex and sexual orientation, religious or similar beliefs;
- information regarding your criminal record;
- details of your referees;
- whether you are related to any member of our workforce; and
- details of any support or assistance you may need to assist you at the interview because of a disability.
Following shortlisting stage, and prior to making a final decision
- information about your previous academic and/or employment history, including details of any conduct, grievance or performance issues, appraisals, time and attendance, from references obtained about you from previous employers and/or education providers;*
- confirmation of your academic and professional qualifications (including seeing a copy of certificates);*
- information via the DBS process, regarding your criminal record, in criminal records certificates (CRCs) and enhanced criminal records certificates (ECRCs), whether you are barred from working in regulated activity;*
- your nationality and immigration status and information from related documents, such as your passport or other identification and immigration information;*
- medical check to indicate fitness to work;*
- a copy of your driving licence (or other appropriate documentation as listed on the Home Office list);*
- if you are a teacher, we will check the National College of Teaching and Leadership (“NCTL”) Teachers Services about your teacher status, whether you are subject to a prohibition from teaching order and any other relevant checks (for example Section 128 direction for management posts and EEA teacher sanctions);* and
- equal opportunities’ monitoring data.
You are required (by law or in order to enter into your contract of employment) to provide the categories of information marked (*) above to us to enable us to verify your right to work and suitability for the position. Without providing us with this information, or if the information is not satisfactory, then we will not be able to proceed with any offer of employment.
If you are employed by us, the information we collect may be included on our Single Central Record. In this scenario, a further privacy notice in relation to data we collect, process, hold and share about you during your time with us, will be issued to you.
Where do we get information from during your application process?
Depending on the position that you have applied for, we may collect this information from you, your referees (details of whom you will have provided), your education provider, any relevant professional body, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), NCTL and the Home Office, during the recruitment process.
Why do we use this information?
We will process your personal data during your application process for the purpose of complying with legal obligations, carrying out tasks which are in the public interest, and taking steps with a view to entering into an employment contract with you. This includes:
- to assess your suitability for the role you are applying for;
- to take steps to enter into a contract with you;
- to check that you are eligible to work in the United Kingdom or that you are not prohibited from teaching; and
- so that we are able to monitor applications for posts in the Trust to ensure that we are fulfilling our obligations under the public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010.
How long will we hold information in relation to your application?
We will hold information relating to your application only for as long as necessary. If you are successful then how long we need to hold on to any information will depend on the type of information. For further detail, please see our Retention and Destruction Policy. If you are unsuccessful we will hold your personal data only for six months, after which time it is securely deleted.
Who will we share information with about your application?
We will not share information gathered during your application process with third parties, other than professional advisors such as legal and HR advisors.
Rights in relation to your personal data
All individuals have the right to request access to personal data that we hold about them. To make a request for access to their personal data, individuals should contact: Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk. Please also refer to our Data Protection Policy for further details on making requests for access to personal data. Individuals also have the right, in certain circumstances, to:
- Object to the processing of your personal data.
- Have inaccurate or incomplete personal data about you rectified.
- Restrict processing of your personal data.
- Object to the making of decisions about you taken by automated-means.
- Have your data transferred to another organisation.
- Claim compensation for damage caused by a breach of your data protection rights.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights then you should contact Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk. The law does not oblige the school to comply with all requests. If the school does not intend to comply with the request then you will be notified of the reasons why, in writing.
Concerns
If you have any concerns about how we are using your personal data then we ask that you contact our Data Protection Officer, in the first instance. However you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office, should you consider this to be necessary, at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/.
Contact
If you would like to discuss anything in this privacy notice, please contact: Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk
CLP Workforce Privacy Notice
Compass Learning Partnership - Workforce Privacy Notice
During an individual’s time with us, we will use information that we gather in relation to them for various purposes. Information that we hold in relation to individuals is known as their “personal data”. This will include data that we obtain from the individual directly and data about the individual that we obtain from other people and organisations. We might also need to continue to hold an individual’s personal data for a period of time after they have left the school. Anything that we do with an individual’s personal data is known as “processing”.
This document sets out what personal data we will hold about our workforce, why we process that data, who we share this information with, and the rights of individuals in relation to their personal data processed by us.
What information do we process in relation to our workforce?
We will collect, hold, share or otherwise use the following information about our workforce:
- personal information (such as name, address, home and mobile telephone numbers, email address, employee or teacher number, national insurance number, and emergency contact details).
- contract information (such as start date, hours worked, post, role and salary information, bank/building society details).
- work absence information (such as number of absences and reasons (including information regarding physical and/or mental health), holiday records).
- qualifications / training courses attended and, where relevant, subjects taught (such as training record).
- performance information (such as appraisals and performance reviews, performance measures including performance management/improvement plans, disciplinary or grievance records).
- other information (such as pension arrangements (and all information included in these necessary to administer them), time and attendance records, information in applications made for other posts within the school, criminal records information (including the results of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks), details in references the school receives or provides to other organisations, CCTV footage and images).
We will also use special categories of data including such as gender, age, ethnic group, sex or sexual orientation, religious or similar beliefs, political opinions, trade union membership, information about health, genetic information and biometric data. These types of personal data are subject to additional requirements.
Where do we get information from about our workforce?
A lot of the information we have about our workforce comes from the individuals themselves. However we may also obtain information from tax and regulatory authorities such as HMRC, previous employers, trade unions, the DBS, our insurance benefit administrators, consultants and other professionals, recruitment or vetting agencies, other members of staff, students or their parents, and publically available resources including online sources. In addition we may obtain information from automated monitoring of our websites and other technical systems such as our computer networks and systems, ICT and access control systems, communications systems, remote access systems, email and instant messaging systems, intranet and internet facilities, telephones, voicemail and mobile phone records.
Why do we use this information?
We will process the personal data of our workforce for the following reasons:
- Where we are required by law, including:
- To comply with the law regarding data sharing (see further below).
- To comply with specific employment law requirements, including our obligations as an employer under employment protection and health and safety legislation, and under statutory codes of practice such as those issued by ACAS.
- To comply with legal requirements in relation to equalities and non-discrimination.
- Where we are required by any contract with our workforce, such as employment contracts, including:
- To make payments to our workforce, such as salary payments.
- To deduct tax and National Insurance contributions.
- To make a decision about recruitment.
- To check individuals are legally entitled to work in the UK.
- To administer employment contracts.
- To conduct performance reviews.
- To make decisions about salary and compensation.
- To liaise with pension providers.
- To provide any employment related benefits.
- Where the law otherwise allows us to process the personal data, or we are carrying out a task in the public interest, including:
- To enable the development of a comprehensive picture of the workforce and how it is deployed.
- To inform the development of recruitment and retention policies.
- To safeguard our pupils and other individuals.
- To ensure safe working practices.
- In the interests of ensuring equal opportunities and treatment.
- Where we otherwise have the consent of the individual.
Whilst the majority of processing of personal data of our workforce will not require consent, we will inform individuals if their consent is required and seek that consent before any processing takes place.
Why do we use special category personal data?
We may process special category personal data of our workforce for the following reasons:
- To carry out our legal obligations in relation to employment law, where this is in accordance with our Data Protection Policy.
- Where the processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, including for the purposes of equality of opportunity and treatment, where this is in accordance with our Data Protection Policy.
- For the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine in order to assess an individual’s working capacity and/or the need for reasonable adjustments.
- Where we otherwise have an individual’s explicit written consent.
There may also be circumstances where we need to use your information in relation to legal claims, or to protect your vital interests and where you are unable to provide your consent.
Failure to provide this information
If our workforce failS to provide information to us then this may result in us being unable to perform the employment contract, or we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
How long will we hold information in relation to our workforce?
We will hold information relating to our workforce only for as long as necessary. How long we need to hold on to any information will depend on the type of information. For further detail please see our Retention and Destruction Policy.
Who will we share information about our workforce with?
We routinely share information about our workforce with:
- Local Authorities, to assist them in the exercise of their responsibilities in relation to education and training, youth support and safeguarding purposes.
- The Department for Education and the ESFA, in compliance with legal obligations of the school to provide information about our workforce as part of statutory data collections.
- Contractors, such as payroll providers, to enable them to provide an effective service to the school and government agencies such as HMRC and DWP regarding tax payments and benefits.
- Our professional advisors including legal and HR consultants.
The Department for Education may share information that we are required to provide to them with other organisations. For further information about the data sharing process, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/data-protection-how-we-collect-and-share-research-data.
Contact details for the Department can be found at https://www.gov.uk/contact-dfe.
Rights of our workforce in relation to their personal data
All of our workforce have the right to request access to personal data that we hold about them. To make a request for access to their personal data, individuals should contact: Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk
Please also refer to our Data Protection Policy for further details on making requests for access to workforce information.
Individuals also have the right, in certain circumstances, to:
- Object to the processing of their personal data.
- Have inaccurate or incomplete personal data about them rectified.
- Restrict processing of their personal data.
- Object to the making of decisions about them taken by automated-means.
- Have your data transferred to another organisation.
- Claim compensation for damage caused by a breach of their data protection rights.
If an individual wants to exercise any of these rights then they should contact Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk. The law does not oblige the school to comply with all requests. If the school does not intend to comply with the request then the individual will be notified of the reasons why, in writing.
Concerns
If an individual has any concerns about how we are using their personal data then we ask that they contact our Data Protection Officer in the first instance. However an individual can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office, should he/she consider this to be necessary, at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/.
Contact
If you would like to discuss anything in this privacy notice, please contact: Data Protection Lead: Dave Phillips dph@compasslp.co.uk