On May 25th 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect across the EU. The GDPR is a piece of EU-wide legislation which will determine how people’s personal data is processed and kept safe and the legal rights individuals have in relation to their own data.

As public organisations, schools and Multi Academy Trusts are required to comply.
At our Trust of Schools, we have:

• Put a team together to work on compliance.
• Arranged training to make everyone working within our Trust of schools aware of GDPR including governors.
• Appointed an external Data Protection Officer.
• Written an action plan.
• Begun reviewing all of our data and documents.

We already have strong data protection policies in place but these now all need to be updated in line with GDPR. The process of becoming fully GDPR compliant will be long because it affects all aspects of the school and the Trust.

We already highly value and protect all of our prospective student, parents and staff data and will continue to do so in the presence of GDPR.

As a parent/carer, employee or prospective staff member you may receive communications from us regarding GDPR. Some of those may be about consent and some about updating your information with us. We would appreciate it if you would read all information you receive and send back any relevant documents when required. 

For further information about GDPR please visit the ICO website 
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What information do we collect?
Our website utilises online forms for you to contact us for school or Trust business functions and recruitment purposes. We will only collect personal data when we have your explicit consent to do so. All personal data is managed in accordance with our obligations as a Data Controller.

When do we share your information?
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen. 

How can you access your personal data?
Please refer to the Ted Wragg Trust policy on data protection. This can be accessed here: Management of Information Page

Website security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. 

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