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Dear Parents,

Privacy Notice, as required by the Data Protection Act 1998

Velmead Junior School is the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information directly from you and your family, but we may also receive information about you from your previous school and/or other professionals providing services to you.

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 our school is doing.

This information held by us includes your contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs and any relevant medical information. The Data Protection Officer for the school is Andy Howard (Headteacher) and he can be contacted at Velmead Junior School (01252 628704).

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 (Hampshire County Council) and Department for Education (DfE). If you want to see a copy of the information we hold and share about you then please contact Andy Howard at Velmead Junior School, Velmead Road, Fleet, Hants, GU52 7LG

If you require more information about how Hampshire County Council and/or the DfE store and use this data, please look at the following websites:

For Hampshire County Council:-

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/schools/schoolsdataprotection/fairprocessing.htm

and

For the DfE:

http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/doc/w/what%20the%20department%20does%20with%20data%20on%20pupils%20and%20chilren.doc

http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/childrenandyoungpeople/a0064391/who-the-department-passes-pupil-data-to

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

Colin Payne

Data & Information Manager

Children’s Services,

Elizabeth II Court East,