Data Protection and Subject Access Requests
General Data Protection Regulation
The Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018. The GDPR only applies to personal information, ie, information about identifiable living individuals and to anyone who processes, stores or is the subject of personal data.
The Good Shepherd Trust takes its responsibility under data protection regulations seriously, ensuring that we meet and comply with our obligations in the use of, processing and holding of personal data. The Trust is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for all of our member schools. Further information can be found here.
If you wish to contact the Trust's Data Protection Officer, please click here.
Making a Freedom of Information (FOI) or Subject Access Request (SAR)
Should you require any further information, or if you wish to make a Data Subject Access Request or a Freedom of Information request, then please contact the school’s office.
In any Data Subject Access Request or a Freedom of Information request you would need to specify exactly what information it is that you require, the form in the link below isn't mandatory but it may help with your request, you may also be asked for two forms of identification before your request can be actioned.
Timescales for responses
A school has 20 school days or 60 working days (whichever is the shortest) to respond to a FOI request.
A school has 1 calendar month to respond to a SAR (Subject Access Request), if it is a complex request then an extension can be requested of up to 2 months, if the request is just a 'right of access' request for your child's educational records then in this instance the school has 15 school days to respond.
Privacy Notices
Please click here to view the Trust's Privacy Notices and complete a Subject Access Request.