Local Authority
The Local Authority (LA) 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. The LA is also required to maintain the accuracy of the
information held on ContactPoint about children and young people in
their area.
The Local Authority 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
indentified from them. The LA may also use it to support and
monitor schools regarding sickness and recruitment of staff.
Primary Care Trust (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 its 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 LAs with aggregate information on
pupils’ height and weight.
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. Connexions is the government's information
and advice service for all young people aged 13 to 19 in
England. This information includes the name and address of the
pupil and parent, and any further information relevant to the
Connexions services’ role.
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 the
school.
Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998
Peterborough City Council hold personal
data about our children in care or those children to whom we
provide services, and use these data to:
- support children and monitor their progress
- provide appropriate support and pastoral care
- assess how well the Local Authority services as a
whole are doing
This information includes personal
characteristics and details for the services we provide. We are
required to pass on some of this information (but not the names of
individual children) to the Department for Children, Schools and
Families (DCSF). The DCSF uses this information to help with
policy development, LA performance management and funding and to
assist with the development of good practice.
Contact details
If you want to see a copy of the information we hold
and share about you then please contact:
If you require more information about how the
LA store and use this data please contact:
- Peterborough City Council, Information Governance Officer, 4th
Floor, Bayard Place, Broadway, Peterborough, PE1 1FB
- Email cs.information@peterborough.gov.uk
- Telephone 01733 863656
If you require more information about how
the DCSF store and use this data please contact:
- Department for Children, Schools and Families, Public
Communications Unit, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street,
London, SW1P 3BT
- Email info@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
- Telephone 0870 000 2288