THE ST. CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL
(Foundation Special School)
A Designated Specialist School for Communication & Interaction
Mountdale Gardens, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 4AW
Head Teacher: Mrs. J. Mullan
Telephone: Southend (01702) 524193 (2 lines)
Fax: Southend (01702) 526761
E.Mail: office@tscs.southend.sch.uk
Web: www.tscs.southend.sch.uk
January 2010
PRIVACY NOTICE Pupil Data – Data Protection Act 1998
The St. Christopher School is the Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act. We collect information from you, and may receive information about you from your previous school. We hold this personal data and use it to:
- support your teaching and learning;
- monitor and report on your progress;
- provide appropriate pastoral care, and
- assess how well the school is doing.
This information includes your contact details, national curriculum assessment results, attendance information A, characteristics such as ethnic group, special educational needs and any relevant medical information. We will not give information about you to anyone outside the school without your consent unless the law and our rules permit it.
Connexions Services - Once you are aged 13 or over we are required to pass on certain information to the Connexions services. Connexions is the government's information and advice service for all young people aged 13 to 19 in England.
We must provide both your own and your parent/s' name/s and address/es, and any further information relevant to the Connexions services’ role.
If you are over 16 you or your parents can ask that no information beyond name and address be passed to Connexions. Please inform the School Office if you wish to opt-out of this arrangement. For more information about Connexions please, please contact the Local Authority (see details below).
We are required by law to pass some of your information to the Local Authority (LA), and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
More information about how the LA and/or DCSF store and use this data can be found on the following websites:
If you are unable to access these websites, please contact the LA or the DCSF as follows: