Privacy Notice for Children and their Parents/Carers
Ford End Pre School is a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information from you and may receive information about you from other organisations to:
- keep accurate information on the children in our care
- keep accurate contact information for parents/carers
- support children’s learning
- monitor and report on children’s progress
- provide appropriate pastoral care
- assess the quality of our services
- comply with the law regarding data sharing
- comply with statutory requests for data from relevant authorities
- Personal information (such as name, address and telephone numbers)
- Characteristics (such as ethnicity, language, nationality, country of birth, FEEE 2 year old funding, FEEE 3 year old funding and 30 hours free childcare)
- Attendance information (such as sessions attended, number of absences and absence reasons)
- Medical, accident logs, home address and next of kin information for use with emergency services, statutory assessment services and social care
- Assessment information (such as attainment and progress records across the Early Years Foundation Stage)
- Behavioural information (types of behaviour displayed, outcomes of incidents)
- Safeguarding information (details of disclosures, outcomes of meetings, various plans and sensitive information regarding court proceedings, child protection plans and correspondence with outside agencies)
- Special Educational Needs and Disability information (medical reports, professional reports, provision maps, Education Health Care Plans, One Plans)
- schools that the children attend after leaving us
- our local authority (Essex County Council)
- the Department for Education (DfE)
- professional agencies (i.e. NHS, school nurses, social workers, specialist teachers, occupational therapists, specialist teachers etc...)
- nursery staff (on a need to know basis)
- conducting research or analysis
- producing statistics
- providing information, advice or guidance
- who is requesting the data
- the purpose for which it is required
- the level and sensitivity of data requested: and
- the arrangements in place to store and handle the data
- object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress
- prevent processing for the purpose of direct marketing
- object to decisions being taken by automated means
- in certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed; and
- claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the Data Protection regulations