Privacy Notice – Data Protection Act 1998

 

We The Ark Nursery School are the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act.  We collect information from you, and may receive information about your child from  a previous setting.  We hold this personal data and use it to:

 

  • support your child’s teaching and learning;
  • monitor and report on your child’s progress;
  • provide appropriate pastoral care, and
  • assess how well the setting is doing.

 

This information includes your contact details, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs and any relevant medical information.

 

We will not give information about your child to anyone outside the setting without your consent unless the law and our rules permit it.

We are required by law to pass some of your child’s 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 Louise Perrett (Administrator) or Mrs Mary Pond (Manager).

 

If you require more information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data please go to the following websites:

 

If you are unable to access these websites, please contact the LA or the DCSF as follows:

 

  • Corporate Information & Governance Team

Surrey County Council

Legal Services

County Hall

Penrhyn Road

Kingston upon Thames

KT1 2DJ

website:  www.surreycc.gov.uk

email: foi@surreycc.gov.uk

tel:  08456 009 009

 

  • Public Communications Unit
    Department for Children, Schools and Families
    Sanctuary Buildings
    Great Smith Street
    London
    SW1P 3BT

website:         www.dcsf.gov.uk

email:             info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
tel:                   0870 000 2288