Subject Access Request – Process and Protocol
As an organisation we collect and process data about individuals. We explain what information we collect, and why in our Privacy Notices. Any individual, or person with parental responsibility, or young person with sufficient capacity to make a request is entitled to ask what information is held. Copies of the information shall also be made available on request. A form to complete is available from the school office, or to print at the bottom of this page.
To ensure that requests are dealt with in an effective and timely manner we may seek to clarify the terms of a request. To collate and manage requests we have designated Mell Julian (headteacher) to co-ordinate all requests. Please ensure that requests are made on the form to Mell Julian (headteacher).
Evidence of their identity, on the basis of the information set out and the signature on the identity must be cross-checked to that on the application form. Discretion about employees and persons known to the school may be applicable but if ID evidence is not required an explanation must be provided by school staff and signed and dated accordingly.
Exemptions to a SAR exist and may include
Examination marks and scripts
Educational, health and social work records
Safeguarding records
Special educational needs
Parental records and reports
Legal advice and proceedings
Adoption and Court records and/or reports
Regulatory activity and official requests e.g. DfE statistical information
National security, Crime and taxation
Journalism, literature and art
Research history, and statistics
Confidential references
All data subjects have the right to know:-
What information is held?
Who holds it?
Why is it held?
What is the retention periods?
That each data subject has rights. Consent can be withdrawn at any time (to some things).
A right to request rectification, erasure or to limit or stop processing
A right to complain
Many of these questions will be within the Privacy Notices on the website. The information will be provided in a hard copy format, usually within one calendar month of the request. However in some circumstances, for example the school is closed for holidays, this may be extended by up to another calendar month. There may also be a cost applied for the provision of the material.