Data Protection
Your child’s personal data will be held by the school. All personal data is held on our secure school management information system.
We will ensure that the information we hold is accurate and up to date and each year you will be sent an Update Form detailing the information held by the school for you to check and update as required. Access to the school management information system is by individual user and is password protected. Furthermore, access to confidential data is restricted to staff in school as appropriate.
Your school will also ask for your consent to take and use images of your child during the course of the school year. This permission will be obtained when your child starts school or at a new school, but you can amend your permission at any time by contacting the school office.
All schools in Dumfries and Galloway are expected to record any unusual incidents or concerns they may have about a child. Normally this information will be shared with parents or carers when issues of concern arise. This information may also be shared with other agencies, such as Social Work, if schools are asked for it. This allows all agencies who come into contact with children to make the best decisions for each individual child and to make sure they get the help they need when the need it.
If the school feels that any child may benefit from assessment or support from another agency and do not have child protection concerns they will always talk to parents or carers about this first.
We will ensure that the information we hold is accurate and up to date and each year you will be sent an Update Form detailing the information held by the school for you to check and update as required. Access to the school management information system is by individual user and is password protected. Furthermore, access to confidential data is restricted to staff in school as appropriate.
Your school will also ask for your consent to take and use images of your child during the course of the school year. This permission will be obtained when your child starts school or at a new school, but you can amend your permission at any time by contacting the school office.
All schools in Dumfries and Galloway are expected to record any unusual incidents or concerns they may have about a child. Normally this information will be shared with parents or carers when issues of concern arise. This information may also be shared with other agencies, such as Social Work, if schools are asked for it. This allows all agencies who come into contact with children to make the best decisions for each individual child and to make sure they get the help they need when the need it.
If the school feels that any child may benefit from assessment or support from another agency and do not have child protection concerns they will always talk to parents or carers about this first.
