School privacy notice

Plymouth City Council uses information about children for whom it provides services, to enable it to carry out specific functions for which it is responsible, such as the assessment of any special educational needs the child may have. It also uses the information to derive statistics to inform decisions on, for example, the funding of schools, and to assess the performance of schools and set targets for them. The statistics are used in such a way that individual children cannot be identified from them.

Plymouth City Council will use information about its school workforce for research and statistical purposes and to evaluate and develop education policy and strategies. The statistics are used in such a way that individual staff cannot be identified from them. The Council may also use it to support and monitor schools regarding sickness and recruitment of staff.

Primary Care Trusts (PCT)

The PCT use information about pupils for research and statistical purposes, to monitor the performance of local health services and to evaluate and develop them. The statistics are used in such a way that individual pupils cannot be identified from them. Information on the height and weight of individual pupils may however be provided to the child and their parents and this will require the PCTs to maintain details of pupils' names for this purpose for a period designated by the Department of Health following the weighing and measuring process. PCTs may also provide individual schools and the Council with aggregate information on pupils' height and weight. Further details can be obtained from the Information Governance Manager, Plymouth Primary Care Trust, Admin Building, Mount Gould Hospital, Mount Gould, Plymouth, PL4 7QD.

Providing information to support the School Nursing Service

In order to support the School Nursing Service the Council will make available details of the school attended by every child in Plymouth to the Child Health Information Team of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. This will include name, date of birth and school attended. Parents and pupils aged 16 or over can ask that no information be transferred to the Child Health Information Team. If as a parent, or as a pupil aged 16 or over, you do not want information passed to the Child Health Information Team you can request this by writing to the Head of Service, Strategic Planning and Children's Trust Business, Services for Children and Young People, Plymouth City Council, Plymouth, PL1 2AA, or email IMT@plymouth.gov.uk.

Connexions services

For pupils of 13 years and over, the school is legally required to pass on certain information to Connexions services providers on request. This information includes the name and address of the pupil and parent, and any further information relevant to the role of Connexions services. Connexions is the government's information and advice service for all young people aged 13 to 19 in England.

However parents, or the pupils themselves if aged 16 or over, can ask that no information beyond name and address (for pupil and parent) be passed on to Connexions. If as a parent, or as a pupil aged 16 or over, you wish to opt-out and do not want Connexions to receive from the school information beyond name, address and date of birth then please contact your school.