Parent and Carer Information

Privacy

Highfield School is 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, 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 Mrs L Ridley, School Business Manager on 01924 302980.

If you require more information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data please go to the following websites: www.wakefield.gov.uk and www.teachernet.gov.uk.
If you are unable to access these websites, please contact the LA or the DCSF as follows:

· Sarah Woodlock - Information Management and Governance Officer (LA) 01977 722171

· Public Communications Unit
Department for Children, Schools and Families, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BT Website: www.dcsf.gov.uk E-mail: info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk Tel: 08700 002288

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 L Ridley, School Business Manager on 01924 302980 if you wish to opt-out of this arrangement. For more information about Connexions please contact the Local Authority as shown above.